[WD-42]

Vistra energy built a battery storage plant in Moss Landing, Ca that recently went up in flames completely destroying the entire plant and dumping toxic chemicals into the local estuary. Ask the residents there if they thought it was “better than burning ng.” They are trying to build another one a hundred miles south in Morro bay.

There are good ways to do this but using small communities in another state as R&D isn’t one of them.

[epistasis]

I'm one of the residents nearby that's full of concern. Ask me about the people in Moss Landing that had to repaint so often because of the natural gas plant that got replaced by the batteries.

People are full of environmental concern for batteries (good!) but rarely question the status quo.

We don't yet know the impact of the Vistra disaster, but it's being monitored closely and we will find out. Freaking out before there is any reason to freak out is a specialty in my area. Interesting examples are WiFi sensitive people that have no problem with standing in the sun. Or the X-ray technician that is concerned about cell phone towers causing cancer.

If there are any negative effects from the fire, they will be found, but they haven't been found yet.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

> Moss Landing, Ca that recently went up in flames completely destroying the entire plant and dumping toxic chemicals into the local estuary.

While the Moss Landing BESS does seem to have been one of the worst built anywhere on the planet, the recent fire there did not (a) "completely destroy the entire plant" nor (b) "dumping toxic chemicals into the local estuary".

When a modern vehicle (let alone a manufactured house) goes up in flames (which happens fairly often), it releases significantly more toxic gases than a BESS fire.

These corrections bought to you by your friendly not-in-your-neighborhood IFSAC Firefighter II.