Lithium-Ion Battery Recycle Plant Explodes in Missouri; Lithium batteries are chemical bombs

Lithium-Ion Battery Recycle Plant Explodes in Missouri; Lithium batteries are chemical bombs
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Posted by Leslie Eastman
Americans are beginning to awaken to the realities of the “new green energy utopia”…which apparently entails a lot more chemistry and fire response than originally promised.
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Another dramatic example of the hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries occurred in one exploded battery processing plant near Fredericktown, Missouri. The incident prompted local evacuation.

Residents of a southeast Missouri town were forced to evacuate their homes Wednesday when a fire erupted at a nearby battery recycler.

Madison County 911 posted on Facebook around 2 p.m. on behalf of the county sheriff’s office telling residents north and west of Fredericktown to leave the area.


“If you can see or smell smoke in this area, you need to evacuate!” the post says.
In a separate post later in the afternoon, Madison County 911 and the Fredericktown Fire Department said only residents on Madison County Road 277 needed to evacuate.
The county urged other residents to shelter in place. The post said the city of Fredericktown was not affected by the order.
“Close windows, doors and turn off window AC systems,” the post says. “…Again, if you see smoke, stay indoors.”
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The toxicity of the smoke is lethal, especially to older people and children, and those with lung issues.
The symptoms do not reveal themselves until later.
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Fortunately, there were no fire casualties that were reported. The company, Critical Mineral Recovery, a massive lithium-ion battery recycling facility.
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On its website, the company says the 225,000-square-foot plant is used to “recycle lithium-ion-battery-related materials from battery manufacturers, automotive original equipment manufacturers, OEMs, battery dealers, recyclers, and processors worldwide,” and describes it as “one of the largest lithium-ion battery processing facilities in the world.”
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Every Tom, Dick and Harry is dumping its toxic waste into the plant
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I suspect the cause of the explosion was thermal runaway, which is a a major concern with lithium-ion batteries.
It occurs when a battery cell overheats, causing a chain reaction that spreads to other cells.
The reaction also yields oxygen, which adds to the intensity of the fire.
The battery’s temperature rises slowly at first and then all at once, spiking to its peak temperature of over 1800 degrees F in about one second.
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Another factor that makes lithium-ion battery fires challenging to handle is oxygen generation. When the metal oxides in a battery’s cathode, or positively charged electrode, are heated, they decompose and release oxygen gas.
Fires need oxygen to burn, so a battery that creates oxygen sustains a fire.
Because of the electrolyte’s nature, a 20% increase in a lithium-ion battery’s temperature causes some unwanted chemical reactions to occur much faster, which releases excessive heat.
This excess heat increases the battery temperature, which in turn speeds up the reactions.
The increased battery temperature increases the reaction rate, creating a process called thermal runaway.
When this happens, the temperature in a battery can rise from 212 F (100 C) to 1,800 F (1000 C) in a second.
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Finally, the state and environmental authorities are investigating the impacts of the explosion on the region.
Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources sent two people to the scene Wednesday evening to assess air quality, water runoff and other potential environmental impacts.


“Our responders will help consult on fire-response actions, take environmental samples during the event, as needed, and oversee cleanup measures afterward,” information officer Brian M. Quinn wrote in an email.

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“Environmental contractors will do the actual cleanup, and our job is to make sure it is conducted correctly.”
The federal Environmental Protection Agency will also be involved in air monitoring.

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Until the agencies have a better idea of the impacts, Quinn said people should avoid direct contact with the smoke and follow safety instructions from local authorities.
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Legal Insurrection readers may recall, the lithium-ion battery fire at a San Diego facility took weeks to suppress.
Interestingly, the nearby school remained evacuated…because further fire-suppression activities were anticipated.
Fredericktown R-1 Schools kept students indoors Thursday, according to the district’s Facebook page, but canceled classes Friday.
The district said in a post Friday morning, it did not close because of air quality concerns, but rather “out of an abundance of caution” , because further fire suppression efforts were expected.
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Clearly, Americans are beginning to awaken realities of the “new green energy utopia”…which apparently entails a lot more chemistry and fire response than originally promised.
And the emissions from these fires is a bit more than zero as well.

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Comment by Willem Post on November 7, 2024 at 5:21pm

A Program for a Greater America with a Much Smaller Federal Government

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by Willem Post, Energy Systems Analyst

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Trump was a political neophyte stepping into the lion’s den of the Obama-leaning federal bureaucracy 

Some of his “best” advisors/aides turned out to be not his soul mates, and/or were two-faced, some were Deep State creatures.

When his high-level advisors, with their own agendas, could not control him, as they do Biden/Harris, they undermined him.

Trump is a creative developer/builder, a mover and shaker, as was his father, as are his sons, as are Musk, RFK, jr., Ramaswamy, etc.

The US and World needs such people near the top. 

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The Extend of the 2020 Election Fraud, in Numbers

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The table shows ballots counted in Presidential Elections.

Look at the 2020 ballot counting “anomaly”

In 2020, it appears, more than 10 million ballots were brought in from all over the place, before and after polls closed, to overcome the massive Trump-lead on Election night, to get Biden-in-the basement over the hump.

 

In 2016, Democrats were caught flatfooted, because they thought a politically naive Trump was a joke, who would easily be defeated by Hillary, so no additional cheating was thought necessary.

Much to their surprise and dismay Hillary LOST. She still is not "over it"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

https://x.com/NEWSMAX/status/1854563321447354404

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Year

2004

2008

2012

2016

2020

2024

Dem

59,028,444

69,498,516

65,915,795

65,853,514

81,283,501

68,351,138

Rep

62,040,610

59,948,323

60,933,504

62,984,828

74,223,975

72,991,940

Total

121,069,054

129,446,839

126,849,299

128,838,342

155,507,476

141,343,078

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Trump Winning in 2024; Democrats in a Frenzied Meltdown

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US and EU Corporate media lied about US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, which is why many Democrats now find his victory so shocking

For anyone, whether in America or other countries, who finds Trump’s victory shocking, they should re-consider where they get their information. Was it from biased sources?

Almost all US and EU media pushed a completely false reality.

They used their Media resources to deceive Democrats, which will backfire in the end.

No bad deed goes unpunished, nor should it!

 

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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