The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades

Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by justinator on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:20PM (#27430294)

> California, a state of 40 million people, would disagree with you ;)

How explode-y is this battery? I hear California also has this problem with forest fires and it seems a fire and giant batteries all over the place would be two flavors that do not go well with each other.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by adgjlsfhk1 on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:50PM (#27430471)

Probably less explody than a propane tank. Turns out that pretty much any form of energy storage can release a bunch of energy in a short time if pushed hard enough.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by oblio on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:29AM (#27431904)

I was thinking the same thing until someone pointed out that lard stores a ton of energy but you can't really make it explode. I hope.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by branko_d on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:13AM (#27432133)

But you can make it burn!

https://madison.com/wsj/huge-grease-fire-was-a-hot-mess/arti...

> With so much oil-rich food on hand, including lard, cheese and more than 10 million pounds of surplus butter stored by the federal government, the fire was a hot mess — fast-moving, destructive and difficult to put out.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by ben_w on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:02AM (#27432489)

Now I want to know if someone has made a butter-fuelled hybrid rocket, and not why not.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by mgoetzke on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:36AM (#27432249)

Home Storage is typically LFP (LiFePO4) nowadays. And those are hard to ignite.

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