Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Phil Hobbs Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: Kids got an E-scooter? Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:03:41 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:03:41 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="05f52693c30f634866aff537e5795f1c"; logging-data="1849110"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19t4ENK8Bza8g31255K9pQo" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eNyyRy4rZADr7PF/ENKjbj7hl9Y= sha1:FKSY4oB7AJ+0cSKKjSksT9TwhjA= Bytes: 1994 john larkin wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 22:13:49 +0200, Lasse Langwadt > wrote: > >> On 6/22/24 14:22, Cursitor Doom wrote: >>> Get rid of it! >>> >>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxwwzd99r2do >> >> there's a crapton of other stuff with possibly dodgy batteries, what >> makes you think e-scooters so special? > > Some are incredibly cheap, and I expect that most people park them > indoors. Seems like the problem is that the fuel and oxidizer are stored way too close together. If only we could separate them—hey, maybe we could save weight and be safer by using air as oxidizer, and even more by not carrying the oxidized fuel around! What an amazing advance that would be! Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics