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Out-of-control EV blaze (thermal runaway) threatens to sink massive RORO ship.
MT:
The RORO ship owners a Japanese company said there was 500 EV's onboard not 25. A number of RORO's have burned past last decade one in 2022 was this one carrying a mix of ICE and EV's. It eventually sank.
https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/01/massive-cargo-ship-carrying-electric-cars-sinks-in-atlantic-ocean-after-fire
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--- Quote from: gnuarm on July 28, 2023, 07:42:21 am ---I'm thinking you are a news reporter. Rather than report verifiable facts, you extrapolate and draw conclusions on your own.
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--- Quote from: gnuarm on July 28, 2023, 07:55:32 am ---I know some of the car fires reported here, were truly impossible to extinguish, so I guess that would be an infinite amount of fire fighting liquid. I don't know how many fire departments here have foam to fight gas fires. I guess if they don't, they let them burn out.
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Pot, meet kettle.
MT:
MT:
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: MT on August 12, 2023, 01:07:09 am ---
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I'm about halfway through the video, into the actual second video which the author tacked onto the end, and the only mention of EVs has been to mention nothing specifically relevant to the fire on the Fremantle Highway. He does spread falsehoods such as EV fires being "almost impossible to extinguish". He tries to blame this on how closely they are packed. All the while, no one has shown the fire had anything to do with EVs.
One of the video hosts says, "EVs catch fire even on land for no apparent reason", with no support. I expect there are people even in this group, who believe that.
It is clear that the fear of fires in EVs is an emotional reaction to new technology, not entirely unlike people being afraid of "radiation" from 5G technology. It is disappointing to see presenters spreading this sort of misinformation. But, they are doing their videos to make money, which requires eyes on the screen. They can't get that by saying, "We don't actually know anything yet, but..."
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