Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm just pissed that my source of free batteries is gonna dry up lol.
Are the batteries any good? What do they have in them? 1100 mAh LiPo?
Wat? Disposibles have rechargable batteries?
Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
91–100 of 168 posts
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
The UK isn't a 'free country' in the way American's use the term. It took me a few years of living in America to understand the nuance. I think the 'freedoms' Americans have raises it's own problems for society (eg guns) and there isn't a right or wrong, just different. The joke I always like to make is that in the US everything is legal unless the government legislates to say you can't, in Europe everything is illeg…
> The joke I always like to make is that in the US everything is legal unless the government legislates to say you can't Guess where the US got that from? Yes, the UK, and it still applies.
I think you're forgetting something called the CONSTITUTION which gives a number of rights that one doesn't have in the UK like
-Freedom of expression (can't be arrested for social media posts, can't easily get sued into the ground for libel[0])
-Right to bear arms (technically legal for citizens to organize their own militant force, though often discouraged)
-Right to remain silent (it is always advised to never talk to the police under any circumstances).
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
I figured any disposable vape would have its batteries glued in. How straightforward a task is it to remove the battery? What do the batteries generally look like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65DpT2nqEI The cells are generally just "push fit", maybe with some kapton tape or foam to give them a snug fit. As for taking the vapes apart, A pair of pliers and some brute force is typically all that is needed to get them apart. Cell shape is either cylindrical or rectangular, depends on the vapes shape really. You get the knack of remembering/guessing what the shape will be just…
Nice, thanks for the info!
EDIT: those batteries look like they'd be very useful for some ESP32/PI2350 type projects.
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, same. I'm all up for a "free country", and all that. But this was just absurd. I wonder if 30+ years don't the line, if maybe resources are scarcer, we'll think about these and say: "we were fucking crazy"
The UK isn't a 'free country' in the way American's use the term. It took me a few years of living in America to understand the nuance. I think the 'freedoms' Americans have raises it's own problems for society (eg guns) and there isn't a right or wrong, just different. The joke I always like to make is that in the US everything is legal unless the government legislates to say you can't, in Europe everything is illeg…
That's just nonsense.
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#95Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#96That's simply amazing: we fight with disposable plastic straws but we had no problem with single use electronics and battery. Insane.
... what? They do have a problem with single-use electronics/batteries, so much so that they're banning them.
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#97I’m a UK vaper (former smoker) and while I’m sure I’m going to find this annoying (disposables are helpful in a pinch when your proper vape has run out of battery or liquid), it’s clearly the right thing to do. The e-waste involved in that sub-industry must be absolutely horrifying. Tens of millions of tiny little batteries, surrounded in plastic, lingering quantities of nicotine-rich liquids… Glad this is happening.…
Would it make more sense to properly tax those negative externalities instead of having some authority just picking one use case as "bad"?
[deleted]
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Displays? I'm curious to see these if you know what brand these were.
Looks like one of them is Pyne Pod: https://www.pynepod.com/uploads/bd58c18e.png The Geek Bar Pulse has the custom multi-segment on the side: https://oss.geekbar.com/products/meloso-ultra/2/Orange%20Cre...
And disposable, that boggles my mind.
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, same. I'm all up for a "free country", and all that. But this was just absurd. I wonder if 30+ years don't the line, if maybe resources are scarcer, we'll think about these and say: "we were fucking crazy"
I dunno. The earth is pretty big, and vape batteries are tiny, and we keep finding substitutes. I'm all for reducing waste, but it seems unlikely we'll run out of metals in our lifetimes. Keep in mind, things keep getting more efficient, and rich nations are finally tending toward using LESS per capita. Sure, the poor nations might eventually become rich and the global population has not yet peeked, but there's no re…
> in our lifetimes
Is the key here. We need to think beyond our lifetimes. We should be treating the earth like we're going to live on it for (tens or hundreds of) thousands of years, because I sure as shit hope we (meaning humans) are going to.
Yes, reducing creation of cars would certainly have a much bigger impact, and should be done. But it's also a lot harder than dealing with vapes.
Anyway, as far as I understand it, the main reason this is happening isn't happening to reduce waste, it's happening to stop a rise in nicotine consumption in children. Preventing waste is more of a nice side effect.
Re: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, same. I'm all up for a "free country", and all that. But this was just absurd. I wonder if 30+ years don't the line, if maybe resources are scarcer, we'll think about these and say: "we were fucking crazy"
at least we'll mine them. with helium, we put it in party balloons and lose it to space.
There's plenty of helium in the solar system (granted, a bit further out) and the sun is producing 595 million tons per second.