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Fuel literally burns and it is carried by ship - I believe there is a way to safely ferry them in ships.
Every week there is a fire on a cargo ship. Most are not caused by the cargo. But when the cargo catches fire you want to be able to put it out before the whole ships turns into scrap.
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The entire crew was rescued. The article is nonsense.
What's your point? Of course the avoidance of a human tragedy is great but the cost of this incident (to the shipping company, automotive manufacturers, insurers, environment) was enormous. It makes perfect sense to try to understand it better.
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The question isn't "can the ship support continuous telemetry" but "does it generate more value than it costs". And I'm not sure it does. Also, since the crew survived, why are they so concerned to get the voice recorder? Is it just because of the recorded alarm information, and if so why keep referring to it as a voice recorder and not a black box.
The recorder contains alarms and other data as well as the conversations on the bridge. As I understand it, they're like an aviation CVR and FDR but combined. Just like with aircraft accidents, the conversations can provide as much (or sometimes more) value as the data. It gives you insight into decision making, details that may not be recorded in the data ("I was just in area XYZ and I saw sparks coming out of one o…
Also: a couple of burned and sunk ships is a much cheaper price to pay than climate change. If the cost of the odd lithium fire is a lot, wait till you factor in the costs of the emissions of an ICE over the vehicle lifetime.
This reeks of FUD during the death throes of the petrochemical industry, tbh.
Fuel literally burns and it is carried by ship - I believe there is a way to safely ferry them in ships.
Fuel is also carried by special ships with extra precautions, but electric cars are carried just like normal cars without any extra safety.
Special ships? That probably depends on the economics. If the Electric Car Industry makes it worth a shippers while - Someone will invest in a special purpose vehicle.
So now we are at the first stages of this - in time - if the industry succeeds - the money will come.
Fuel literally burns and it is carried by ship - I believe there is a way to safely ferry them in ships.
To be fair, many (all?) of these ships are burning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil , which is not at all like petrol in that it requires preheating and atomisation to burn.