morcantium
morcantium t1_iufcjbc wrote
Reply to comment by strcrssd in Electric vehicles catch aflame during Ian aftermath by sacrificezones
I agree, it's not true about water acting like gasoline with lithium fires. But it is true they are hard to extinguish. Water doesn't make a lithium fire worse but neither will it extinguish the fire. You've got to spray water on the batteries for up to 90 minutes until the batteries burn out to keep the area cooled off. Or just let it burn and keep people away if that's a feasible option. An electric car can take 20,000 gallons of water (or more) before the fire goes out depending on battery size. They've now got fire blankets designed to contain these fires to help protect surrounding vehicles/buildings but good luck getting close enough to fit one around a burning vehicle. Source: I just went on a firefighters safety course on electric car fires.
morcantium t1_itzknsd wrote
Reply to comment by DjScenester in TSMC says efforts to rebuild US semiconductor industry are doomed to fail by 0wed12
His feelings? :p
morcantium t1_j44e3v2 wrote
Reply to Intel’s new desktop processor reaches 6GHz without overclocking by disfigured_mishap
The price per watt on this is going to be ridiculously high. Not to mention the cost of running it, plus the cost of air conditioning your computer room. It's basically a room heater that also does computing.