Making the trip were Angela Morrey, director of marketing & business attraction for the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County; Ryan Marion, code enforcement officer for the village of Manteno; Manteno Fire Chief Scott O’Brien; and Clay Sterling, professor in the renewable energy program at Kankakee Community College. “We tried to go there to find something negative,” Marion said. “And the only thing that we found is if the employees that are working there now, go away. … But I don’t see that happening.”
My questions remain for all the climate change folks:
How are the spent batteries safely and environmentally handled?
How can battery fires be extinguished?
The article references sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers, both of which I understand are ineffective in suppressing lithium battery fires.
Don’t produce products that further pollute and present new hazards without a plan!