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[NickNack]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

@Mz iMac 

Last week I was reading instructions for a flashlight & batteries and the warning was pretty surprising .....   it said all caution must be taken so that a little teeny lithium battery wasn't accidentally swallowed because it could cause VERY serious injury and death within 2 hours because it could tear a hole in the esophagus.  

Talk about scary .......  who wants this kind of thing in their home?

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@Tinkrbl44   I read an article recently about those teeny tiny batteries in some small remotes like the flameless candle remotes caused the death of an infant.  The mother found the remote with the back removed and realized the infant might have eaten the battery.  The baby was taken to the ER where they found the battery.  It had already torn a hole in the baby's esophagus, and the baby died.  This has happened with pets, too.

They are now suggesting (maybe requiring, I'm not sure) the backs of remotes with that type of battery to be screwed on.

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@DiAnne wrote:

Teslas are THE car in my neightborhood.  There are many and none have caught fire.

....yet

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[bikerbabe]

Tradional gasoline engine vehicles have quite a checkered QA history.

[agb80]

When CA bans the sale of gas powered vehicles in their state I guess they won't allow visitors to drive in with their gas powered car and what about the tourist trade that I'm sure will come back not only domestically but internationally....can't have that either due to planes not being electric.  

[bikerbabe]

My understanding is that if the ban in CA does take effect, it is sale of new cars only. It doesn’t apply someone who already owns a vehicle. A lot will depend on how technology progresses by then as to whether the date gets postponed.

[bikerbabe]

And it has nothing to do with planes. 😉

[agb80]

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@bikerbabe wrote:
And it has nothing to do with planes. 😉

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@bikerbabe I imagine the smog over L.A. has cleared quite a bit.  

[bikerbabe]

LA smog is still there but it is nothing like it was back in the 1970s when I was a kid. Clean air regulations have made a big difference.

[SusieQ_2]

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@agb80 wrote:

When CA bans the sale of gas powered vehicles in their state I guess they won't allow visitors to drive in with their gas powered car and what about the tourist trade that I'm sure will come back not only domestically but internationally....can't have that either due to planes not being electric.  

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If that scenario had any validity (which it doesn't) Californians would at least be in good company with New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Rhode Island who are also backing the phasing out of gas powered vehicles. Not to mention all the other states that will be getting on board to do the same. As we know, some are just a little slow. 

[bonnielu]

Oh  my and because we have a car that we drive for short distances we were thinking of getting an electric car.  Two of our friends have one and like them. Well back to the drawing board.  I think I will wait this one out.