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In coal country this battery didn't stand a chance
(www.abc.net.au)
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this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2026
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Yeah, Sodium-Ion ones are completely lithium free and are already being mass produced. They will most likely comoletely replace lithium batteries for stationary batteries because they dont care about the cold and basically do not burn.
I don't think "lobbyists" is the right characterisation here.
A significant portion of the people of this town genuinely thought that this battery was going to catch fire, and that the town would be inundated with toxic smoke.
It's surely not a view they organically developed, but rather the obvious consequence of anti-renewable propaganda. Although I agree that "lobbyist" isn't the right word as it wasn't through advocacy of politicians (entirely at least) but the more amorphous dissemination of disinformation by bad faith actors.
You are aware that this is a risk with batteries like this, right? Right?
Having a car accident is a risk we encounter daily. We implement safeguards to make the risks manageable.
Good thing that never happens with coal.