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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several... (grist.org)
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This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several...::A Southern California company is showing how repurposing EV batteries for stationary storage can extend their usefulness for several years.

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[–] Thorndike@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Do you think the engineers haven't thought about that?

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Do you think personal safety, firefighting ability, and effects on the environment has informed the design of like… anything in the last 50 years?

“Faster to catch fire, faster to spread, faster to catastrophically fail, more dangerous to life and health, and worse for the environment when it does so” describes anything from modern house construction to vehicle manufacturing.

Priority one is “cheaper”, the rest is just noise.

[–] wooki@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They actually have not thought of that no. In fact there is a cult like level of ignorance that has already just caused a serious fire & toxic release with this exact same hair brain layout and design. That said the method of fire containment is very new out of the Netherlands I believe.

https://youtu.be/LH2UOC2TMng?feature=shared

[–] frostyfrog@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

After hearing jokes about college professors evacuating planes when they hear that their students designed them? Wouldn't put it past em. Even experts make big mistakes.