Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "MGUY Australia" channel.

  1. Electricity is not sustainable, given this level of a standard. Lead-acid batteries have phenomenally toxic lead in them, wires use copper which is mined in environmentally destructive ways, dams are made of concrete that's energy intensive to make and more. And can't extinguish batteries is bullshit. They're routinely extinguished, pain in the ass to do it, gotta keep them cool and O2 deprived until what remains discharges, but they can and are extinguished. Just more Luddite bullshit. Now, wanna talk about wasting lithium, one of the rarest elements in the universe? Poor standards in quality and storage? I'll be right there with you and nailing factual points home. But this is like condemning gasoline as impossible to extinguish after its introduction. Oddly, despite some dire predictions, we're still here and cars only burst routinely into flames in Hollywood.
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  2. Just more Luddite reporting. Toxic smoke, as if there's non-toxic smoke in a fire? Ask any firefighter about the smoke toxicity of a house or business fire. Can't extinguish the fire, despite hundreds of fires, some on aircraft, which always were? Gasoline was initially reported as impossible to extinguish and highly explosive, which now is only true in Hollywood films. Admittedly, they are a pain in the gonads to extinguish, as is anything high energy. Try putting a transformer fire out sometime - we're not calling to eliminate electricity over that! And it is a recycling center, which recycling center fires rarely are reported, but generate even more toxic smoke than other types of fires. Lithium needs to be recycled - it's one of the rarest elements in the universe due to its unique atomic structure. Nope, let's put it where it belongs, recycling centers, chemical plants, refineries and lithium recycling/storage/manufacturing plants need to be in low to unpopulated areas - not in densely populated areas. And we do need to improve on the battery technologies involved. A fair bit being a metallurgy problem involving metal whiskers shorting out cells prematurely. Had it with lead-acid cells, electronic solder joints and more, all largely resolved by altering alloys in usage.
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