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Vistra's battery storage facility goes up in flames, spurs evacuation orders (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Yeah, I think massive chemical batteries for storing excess electricity to facilitate a contrived green energy market is a bad idea.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is a shitty Texas-based company cutting corners, who also had fires in 2021 and 2022. There are plenty of battery storage facilities operating safely.

[–] yggstyle 15 points 23 hours ago

As someone living in Texas presently: you could have saved yourself a full sentence:

This is a shitty Texas-based company cutting corners...

Texas company

or honestly:

Texas

Would be sufficient. Any Texan that doesn't own x texas-based-company is tired of that company's bullshit. It's one of the few things natives and transplants agree on.

This PSA brought to you by the makers of: y'all, you all, and all y'all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (12 children)

You're right, but I think less dense but safer and more sustainable options are the better choice for this

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[–] Maggoty 13 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Ever seen what happens when a coal mine catches fire? Link

I guess we should just go back to water mills right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

back to water mills

Hydroelectric has grown up since then. See: hoover dam

[–] Maggoty 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Dams are actually really bad for the environment. They were sold as good because they don't burn coal but it turns out that blocking rivers interferes with everything along it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Hydroelectric dams have also claimed more human lives than any other type of power plant.

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[–] yggstyle 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

So uh. I guess those coal and natural gas power plants would fare better in a fire. Something seems wrong there but OP clearly wouldn't possibly post something on the Internet that was utterly detached from reality.

Energy storage is just that. Fire is frequently quite good at releasing said energy.

Lithium? poof.

Oil? yup.

Nat gas? mmhmm.

wood? yup.

Coal? dang.

Guess all we got left is water - I'm sure that doesn't have any specific regional requirements...

So tell us champ: what energy storage you got all figured out from that armchair?