Paul,
Does your committee have any thoughts on the specific dangers of lithium batteries catching fire in EV? We have seen in recent weeks two manufacturers release a bulletin telling customers not to park their vehicles in a garage. The container ship that caught fire in the Atlantic. Some parking garages are banning EVs from parking in their facilities. There was a story of a Tesla catching fire 4 times in a tow yard after the original fire was extinguished. And it takes far more water to put up a lithium fire than a gas one. Though from what I read water is not the best way to extinguish it. But usually that is the only source available to firefighters On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 10:02 PM Paul Shorb <[email protected]> wrote: > Elaine, thank you for speaking out! > > You have listed some excellent things to reduce greenhouse gas emissions > (drive less, drive electric/hybrid cars, fly less, etc.) Some of these are > hard for a Town to legally restrict, but can be addressed by state and > federal policy (e.g., rebates to encourage buying EVs, and eventually > prohibiting the purchase of non-EVs). The Lincoln Green Energy Committee is > trying to help by, for example, sharing information about how fun EVs are > to drive, rebates, etc. (browse around at LincolnGreenEnergy.org) and by > investigating where we could put public charging stations for EVs. > > Regarding costs to build all-electric homes, the state Dep. of Energy > Resources has recently done a study on this. (You can find it at > https://www.mass.gov/doc/residential-stretch-code-costs-and-benefits-case-studies/download > .) They compared the cost of space heating, space cooling, and water > heating equipment done all-electric for a new 5-bedroom, 4,000 sq. ft. > house to the gas-based alternative allowed in the base building code. They > found the electric versions are slightly less expensive (about $350 less, > in their example; see page 2 of the PDF). > > Nevertheless, there is some cultural inertia in the home builder > community, where many are more comfortable just building as they always > have done. So I believe that statewide and other mandates to make that > community adjust more quickly are necessary and appropriate here, to get > the great technology that is now available applied to new homes ASAP. > > - Paul Shorb > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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