Re: battery fire

Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:

On 1/17/25 18:49, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:03:06 -0800, john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
 

 
 
https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/16/moss-landing-power-plant-fire-evacuations-highway-1/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjDWi6sLMNOWwwMwpvnXAw&utm_content=rundown
 
Sounds expensive.
 
Windmills, solar cells, batteries. May not be worth it long term.
 
Luckily, the wind is not blowing the crud our way right now.

 
Lithium technology really isn't up to the job. Someone needs to come
up with a quantum leap forward in batteries. A fortune awaits the
person or team which can deliver on this. And I mean a *fortune*.

 
It's funny how 'quantum leap' has come to be taken for a
huge change, although it originally really meant the tiniest
possible change.
 
High energy density batteries will always be dangerous.
It's the inevitable consequence of storing a lot of energy
in a small package. A tank full of fuel is really much
safer. What we really need is an efficient flow battery,
where reactive components are kept apart until needed.
 
Jeroen Belleman
 

It’s not the size of the change that’s in view, but rather its
discontinuous character.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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