Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cursitor Doom Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: lithium explosion Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:09:46 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 49 Message-ID: <0e3o1jtemfkbupqm1do0ml9t88a9n3h9fs@4ax.com> References: <66195fa8$0$897417$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 19:09:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cdee83baa893aa1e86bdaf39ad2e8d34"; logging-data="3937054"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+IC5Jat8f650IcGB4rFOTWDeK1p22rOLo=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:AtsxBJ5Vw06SdOtS1pLSY+dsvms= Bytes: 3217 On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:27:46 -0700, John Larkin wrote: >On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:07:59 -0700, John Robertson >wrote: > >>On 2024/04/12 9:52 a.m., john larkin wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:22:00 -0400, bitrex 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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It doesn't look like that one was charging. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Lithium battery fires are a big deal in New York too. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> San Fancisco is swarming with illegal, unlicensed electric scooters, >>>>>>>>> surfboards, wheelie things, bikes, and motorcycles. >> >>As are most cities with access to Amazon/eBay...(no regulations on what >>people can sell on these platforms) >> >>... >>>> 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. >> >>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. >> >>Perhaps our gun laws do make a difference. >> >>John :-#)# > >The population mix makes a bigger difference. Bad guys will always >find guns. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.