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minus-squarethemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 day agoLithium fires are hard to contain unlike petrol fire: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/firefighters-forced-submerge-electric-car-082852772.html
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-214 hours agoSo does an airplane crash would be more horrifying than a car crash, but that doesn’t change the fact that airplanes are safer. Even so, any improvement is still good though
minus-squarethemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI never said they aren’t safer I only replied to the comment that petrol cars also burn, my point is that even though they are safer overall their fires are more dangerous.
Lithium fires are hard to contain unlike petrol fire:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/firefighters-forced-submerge-electric-car-082852772.html
So does an airplane crash would be more horrifying than a car crash, but that doesn’t change the fact that airplanes are safer.
Even so, any improvement is still good though
I never said they aren’t safer I only replied to the comment that petrol cars also burn, my point is that even though they are safer overall their fires are more dangerous.