A community battery project three years in the making, run by a local not-for-profit and backed by the council, was killed after a spark of misinformation about its fire risk was ignited.
  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
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    7 days ago

    A significant portion of the people of this town genuinely thought that this battery was going to catch fire

    You are aware that this is a risk with batteries like this, right? Right?

    • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Having a car accident is a risk we encounter daily. We implement safeguards to make the risks manageable.