Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "EV fires in car parks is a GENUINE risk, not \"misinformation\" | MGUY Australia" video.

@geirvinje2556 From a total-life perspective, petrol cars are less damaging to the environment than EVs
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@KirkHermary how often do fuel tanks burn during ICE fires Exactly! General petrol car fires start in the engine compartment due to either an accident or poor maintenance. Plus Lithium batteries burn at over 5x the temperature of petrol fires.
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@bikersoncall Mostly because of a fuel leak dripping on the exhaust headers.
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@matthewgodwin3050 Why do EVangelists take it so personally? Because they believe in global warming like a religion, and believe they're saving the earth. How else would you complain the middle aged people sitting in the middle of roads to stop cars, trucks and buses? That's not something a rational person does.
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@gerbre1 And the fuel inside a fuel tank normally contains more energy than a battery While you're not wrong about this part, overall Lithium battery fires burn 5x hotter than a gasoline fire, because they produce their own oxygen and lithium itself burns very hot. There are many good articles on this online. Search for "why are EV fires so hot" or something similar
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@geirvinje2556 "put your mount around the exost" Weird fantasy. Anyway, the overall lifecycle of EV is more damaging to the environment than any petrol car. Don't you believe in science?
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@Thunderbloke2 fair enough. But that's typically why petrol cars catch fire. All of it is related to poor maintenance.
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@geirvinje2556 The construction of an EV is so polluting to the planet that estimates are that an EV must last 70 years to break even with the damage to the planet it creates. And the reality is EV batteries sit in scrap yards, not recycled. And since every EV has a taxpayer subsidy of about $55K, you're paying for something that's worse for the planet.
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The reason they're getting banned from car parks is insurance. Insurance companies basically set the safety rules for commercial organizations, otherwise the insurers won't cover them.
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