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Old 08-26-2023, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jarodrig View Post
When you do the math , ICE vehicles are far more dangerous and and destructive to the environment than EV’s simply on numbers alone and that’s not even considering the emissions debate !!

There are HUNDREDS of ICE car fires vs a small handful of EV fires YEARLY. So the total man hours spent on extinguishing ICE car fires, water used , toxins from all the plastic in the vehicles exponentially exceed the time spent on extinguishing EV fires. You can research that if you want to !

BTW, you DON’T use water to extinguish lithium battery fires so the water use you suggested is a moot point ! You can ALSO research that if you’re interested !!
EV sales account for 1% of the vehicles on the road and yes you do use water, lots of it. Don't argue with a firefighter.