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[–] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There are lithium ion batteries everywhere. I keep wondering about this all the time because they are just time bombs everywhere. I don't just mean in the dumps or at the sides of roads either.

How many people have a bag of old phones sitting in their attic or a gazillion other things that have embedded lithium ion batteries in them that will have to off gas one day?

[–] marl_karx@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 15 hours ago

batteries are less of a problem than accumulators (rechargable, eg in a phone) because accus discharge when not used