RE: Reply from M.P27 May 2021 17:07
Dear Mr MP,
With respect, the cladding on Grefell flats was 'very' safe. Very safe in my language means not totally safe. You have now made it a matter of record that 'very' safe is sufficient for you.
The problem here is when (not if) a large scale Lithium battery does decide to explode, catch fire (and take a week to be put out) the consequences will be catastrophic.
I appreciate you rely on other people's expertise and research but at the end of the day the buck is going to stop with you.
10 minutes searching google for 'South Korea lithium fires' alone should show you the folly of allowing this technology in the proximity of the population.
I haven't even started on the myriad other reasons why it's not an answer to grid scale energy storage.
It's not like there isn't far better, cheaper, safer, longer lasting technologies available. Hydrogen and VRFB's to name but two.
You can be the person taking to a disaster enquiry in a few years or, you can be the person who saved the UK from the mistakes a lot of other countries are about to make.
I remain your humble servant.
Arthur B Guffbucket.