21 Replies to “Great Success!”

  1. I don’t think they can extinguish the fire. Keep it from spreading is about all they can do.

  2. Greentards will tell you these fires are rare. They are not, in fact there have been several significant ones in the last 12 months. I believe the Otay Mesa facility has burned at least twice.

    https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/09/06/lithium-battery-fire-continues-to-burn-as-county-considers-moratorium/

    https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/otay-mesa-battery-facility-fire-could-take-weeks-to-put-out-entirely/

    And then there are the truck fires…
    https://dot.ca.gov/news-releases/news-release-2024-027

  3. Isn’t that the fourth fire at this plant?

    Gavin Newscum should pass a law making fires illegal. That’ll stop them!
    (sarc,)

    Although don’t be surprised if California Dems pass just such a law, so they can say they did something.

    1. When will Gavin be touring the battery burn site? Nevermind. He’d NEVER publicize his FAILures

  4. The Luftwaffe would have bombed a high value target like this back in the day, but now there’s no need.

    Adversaries can just send a guy thousands of miles on foot, he can get a job there, and done…

  5. I saw that story and the first thing that popped out at me was that the fire suppression system malfunctioned. Then, I thought about how the EV market is cratering. I smell hijinks…of the arson persuasion.

  6. It is apparently a battery facility that stores electricity from unreliables as opposed to a battery manufacturer. I was talking to a local fireman recently and asked what caused most local fires around town. The answer: Lithium batteries being charged.

  7. “Vistra plants also suffered fires in 2021 and 2022 which were caused by a fire sprinkler system malfunction, causing some units to overheat, The Mercury News reported.”

    My head isn’t processing that one. A fire sprinkler system overheated and caused a fire?

  8. Now … to be really serious and cynical … I am PAYING for this … every month in my PG&E bill … paying $0.57/kwH for this “clean, green, renewable” energy stored in these TOXIC batteries.

    And I’m gonna pay for it again. And probably again. And again …

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