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From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com>
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Subject: Re: lithium explosion
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:07:59 -0700
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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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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 :-#)#