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Environment & Energy

Finishline42

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1. It's wasn't the batteries per se at fault...

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:26 AM

Mar 2025

“Had Vistra done a proper job in storing these batteries properly this would have never happened.

“Had they set up a system for stopping any fire that could happen, this would have never happened,” he added. “There’s a combination of errors here.”

Once again profit was at the top of the priority list, not safety. Just like Deepwater Horizon, somebody takes shortcuts to profits and the tech pays the price.

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It's wasn't the batteries per se at fault... Finishline42 Mar 2025 #1