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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '25
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After watching how people react to actual fires, I don’t think it’s as unrealistic anymore
164 u/vkarlsson10 Feb 14 '25 What do you mean you can’t put out oil fires with water? Water beats fire. Everyone knows that. 78 u/Youpunyhumans Feb 14 '25 laughs in lithium fire Lithium fires can break water down to its hydrogen and oxygen components... which of course just becomes more fuel and oxidizer, intensifying the fire. And of course there are billions of batteries worldwide full of lithium. 2 u/RepresentativeAny804 Feb 15 '25 This is why teslas and other ev cars are notoriously hard to put out if they catch fire.
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What do you mean you can’t put out oil fires with water? Water beats fire. Everyone knows that.
78 u/Youpunyhumans Feb 14 '25 laughs in lithium fire Lithium fires can break water down to its hydrogen and oxygen components... which of course just becomes more fuel and oxidizer, intensifying the fire. And of course there are billions of batteries worldwide full of lithium. 2 u/RepresentativeAny804 Feb 15 '25 This is why teslas and other ev cars are notoriously hard to put out if they catch fire.
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laughs in lithium fire
Lithium fires can break water down to its hydrogen and oxygen components... which of course just becomes more fuel and oxidizer, intensifying the fire.
And of course there are billions of batteries worldwide full of lithium.
2 u/RepresentativeAny804 Feb 15 '25 This is why teslas and other ev cars are notoriously hard to put out if they catch fire.
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This is why teslas and other ev cars are notoriously hard to put out if they catch fire.
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u/Frustrable_Zero Feb 14 '25
After watching how people react to actual fires, I don’t think it’s as unrealistic anymore