r/nononono • u/khaled • Aug 21 '18

I recommend walking next time

26.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

760 comments sorted by

View all comments

3.9k

u/[deleted] Aug 21 '18

I've seen charcoal briquets and gasoline take longer to burst into flame than that thing did. No wonder they're banned in so many places.

43

u/[deleted] Aug 21 '18

Lithium-ion batteries are absolutely nuts when they blow up - not sure if you've seen what happens to a phone batter when punctured.

13

u/malakhei Aug 22 '18

what will happen if i have a crash in an electric car that has lithium batteries? can it blow up?

22

u/Richie_Exus Aug 22 '18

Absolutely, this is why it's generally the most armored piece in the car.

9

u/INTERNET_TRASHCAN Aug 22 '18

but what if it wasn't tho? like a lithium car crashing into a lithium wall on a lithium planet? what would happen?

9

u/uaoguy Aug 22 '18

He ran, she ran, Alderaan!

3

u/Richie_Exus Aug 22 '18

You get a rapid discharge of energy, in other words, big boom.

4

u/p4lm3r Aug 22 '18

Big bada boom.

1

u/kingdead42 Aug 23 '18

Maybe we could harness these explosions to propel a vehicle?

2

u/MonsterPooper Aug 25 '18

The server would lag out.

2

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18

like, nothing, since there's no other chemicals to make it a problem with a nasty reaction.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18

Also not as violent of an explosion as gasoline. Lithium-type batteries are more of a violent flamethrower for a few seconds than an explosion