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Porsches, Bentleys and VWs

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  • JonJ Offline
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    Jon
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    #7

    It’s still burning a year and a half later? Damn.

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    • JonJ Jon

      It’s still burning a year and a half later? Damn.

      George KG Offline
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      George K
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      #8

      @Jon said in Porsches, Bentleys and VWs:

      It’s still burning a year and a half later? Damn.

      On reading the article I linked, it looks like it's a different ship.

      A fire blazed on a cargo ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one member of the crew and injuring several others, the coastguard said.

      Several crew members were forced to jump overboard after the fire began on Tuesday night on the 199-metre (655-foot) Panama-registered Fremantle Highway as it was en route from Germany to Egypt.

      The Indian Embassy in the Netherlands said in a social media post the fire had "resulted in the death of an Indian seafarer and injuries to the crew", and that it was in touch with family of the deceased. Japan's Shoei Kisen, which owns the ship, said the entire crew of 21 was Indian.

      Rescue ships sprayed water onto the burning vessel to cool it down, but using too much water risked its sinking, the Dutch coastguard said. It was attached to a salvage vessel to prevent it drifting.

      The fire might last for several days, Dutch news agency ANP reported, citing the coastguard. Smoke continued to billow from the vessel near the northern Dutch island of Ameland.

      The ship in the original post was the Felicity Ace.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Lithium batteries, FTW!

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          Lithium batteries, FTW!

          CopperC Offline
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          #10

          @Jolly said in Porsches, Bentleys and VWs:

          Lithium batteries, FTW!

          Yup, let's stake all our future transportation on that.

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          • JollyJ Jolly

            Lithium batteries, FTW!

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            Aqua Letifer
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            #11

            @Jolly said in Porsches, Bentleys and VWs:

            Lithium batteries, FTW!

            Do you not own any?

            Please love yourself.

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              #12

              That's amazing. Lightening er, EVs can strike twice. Much like with crashing a couple of 737 Max aircraft, when an "accident" strikes twice - may have to pay some attention to this.

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              • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                @Jolly said in Porsches, Bentleys and VWs:

                Lithium batteries, FTW!

                Do you not own any?

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                @Aqua-Letifer said in Porsches, Bentleys and VWs:

                @Jolly said in Porsches, Bentleys and VWs:

                Lithium batteries, FTW!

                Do you not own any?

                Fires involving petroleum are almost completely unheard of, of course, and on the extremely rare occasions they do occur, are typically put out within minutes.

                I was only joking

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                • JollyJ Offline
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                  Prithee, when was the last time a car carrier burned and sunk due to carrying petrol powered vehicles?

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    Prithee, when was the last time a car carrier burned and sunk due to carrying petrol powered vehicles?

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                    @Jolly said in Porsches, Bentleys and VWs:

                    Prithee, when was the last time a car carrier burned and sunk due to carrying petrol powered vehicles?

                    Probably just after the last time a grown man used the word ‘prithee’

                    I was only joking

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/23564579/photos-cars-melted-cargo-ship/

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        🤣

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                        • CopperC Offline
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                          Copper
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                          Nice carbon footprint.

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                            It happened again:

                            The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire aboard the vessel in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain.

                            A large plume of smoke was initially seen at the ship’s stern coming from the deck loaded with electric vehicles Tuesday, according to U.S. Coast Guard photos and a Wednesday statement from the ship’s management company, London-based Zodiac Maritime.

                            https://apnews.com/article/cargo-ship-electric-car-fire-alaska-22fff66494b023142376bda01a781744

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