{"id":54005,"date":"2024-03-06T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54005"},"modified":"2024-03-06T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:49:19","slug":"public-safety-vs-green-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54005","title":{"rendered":"Public Safety vs. Green Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, The New York Post<\/a> posted an article about the number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries from e-bikes in the last two months.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

FDNY Chief Fire Marshal Daniel Flynn told The Post that\u00a0fires related to lithium-ion batteries<\/a>\u00a0have gone up nearly nine-fold since the pandemic, with more blazes related to the batteries happening in the last two months than in all of 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the prevalence of these e-devices on our streets, there\u2019s way more of them now than ever before,\u201d Flynn said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fire chief attributed the popularity of the e-bikes and scooters to the \u201cgig economy\u201d boom in 2020, which saw people purchase the devices on the cheap-side in droves to do delivery jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He added that the vehicles have also become popular among commuters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople bought these devices some three years ago, and now they\u2019re aging,\u201d he said, noting that many don\u2019t know the dangers caused by the wear-and-tear on the batteries\u2019 energy cells.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen people try to fix it or modify it themselves, go to shops from unauthorized vendors or take it on themselves to replace the old batteries,\u201d he added. \u201cWe tell people not to go with the cheapest option and seek out the manufacturer directly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s this improper maintenance and defects from older models that have caused a number of blazes related to lithium-ion batteries to soar, according to the FDNY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While there were only 30 fires related to the batteries in 2019, the number more than tripled by 2021, with 104 fires reported. That year also saw four fatalities, while no one was reported to have died from the blazes in 2019 or 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of the problem is the use of improper replacement batteries:<\/p>\n

FDNY Commissioner\u00a0Laura Kavanagh vowed in February to continue cracking down on businesses that offer to replace individual battery cells from old ones, a fire code violation that creates what she called\u00a0\u201cFrankenstein batteries.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey kill people, they have killed people and they will kill more people if businesses continue to operate in this manner,\u201d Kavanagh said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But while New York has pushed businesses and consumers to follow new UL standards for the batteries, Flynn noted that there was little the city could do about older units coming in from other states that do not require such regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the technology needs some work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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