Re: lithium explosion

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:07:59 -0700, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com>
wrote:

On 2024/04/12 9:52 a.m., john larkin wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:22:00 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
 

On 4/12/2024 10:04 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:

On 12/04/2024 9:16 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2024-04-12 07:19, Bill Sloman wrote:

On 9/04/2024 3:03 am, Jeroen Belleman wrote:

On 4/8/24 18:35, John Larkin wrote:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68744317
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It doesn't look like that one was charging.
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Lithium battery fires are a big deal in New York too.
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San Fancisco is swarming with illegal, unlicensed electric scooters,
surfboards, wheelie things, bikes, and motorcycles.

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As are most cities with access to Amazon/eBay...(no regulations on what
people can sell on these platforms)
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...

And fretting about the hazards of exploding batteries with 300 million
guns floating around is pretty schizophrenic. Compared to being injured
by an exploding bike (or shot by a stranger for that matter) your
chances of being shot by a police officer are at least the same, or higher.

 
About 1300 people were killed by police in the US last year, out of a
population of 333 million, about 4 PPM. Cops rarely shoot polite
law-abiding citizens; don't threaten people, especially cops, with
guns or knives.

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Here in Canada the average number of people killed by police annually is
just under 40 per year since 2011. Out of a population of roughly
40,000,000 or 1 PPM in other words.
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Perhaps our gun laws do make a difference.
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John :-#)#

The population mix makes a bigger difference. Bad guys will always
find guns.