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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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