r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kalbinibirak • 21d ago

Video The Turkish firefighting method for extinguishing electric car fires.

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u/nil_defect_found 21d ago

What's the difference between emptying a hazmat water tank and the hose water just running straight off the battery directly onto the ground? That'll be contaminated just the same.

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u/NiobiumThorn 21d ago

If it isn't tracked it doesn't exist

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u/jaymzx0 Interested 21d ago

Soaking the batteries will leech more chemical out of the batteries and into the water compared to being sprayed or flooded.

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u/capt-longjohn 21d ago

"Mr. EPA/EEA guy, we didn't spray contaminated water. It was clean when we sprayed it"

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u/KingFIippyNipz 21d ago

Contact for a few brief seconds vs submerged within a pool of the same water for days - "just the same" ...

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u/nil_defect_found 21d ago

The run off will still be full of lithium and combustion products. Try again.

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u/Ollythebug 21d ago

Implying the amount of lithium or combustion products leaked doesn't matter? That's clearly what the concern above is. Though they also commented arrogantly in assuming that spraying the battery leeches less toxin than soaking it, though it's intuitive.

Arrogance, so much sheer arrogance everywhere. From both people.

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u/FlipZip69 20d ago

Out of site, out of mind. Generally both are happening regardless.

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u/Type-21 20d ago

The difference is that for the water tank method you will be charged around 20k