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		grajaganDev 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Morro Bay moves to block new battery plants after ... >you can just shove calcium-rich sand over the fire with bulldozers and wait. Is this a standard firefighting technique? Has it ever happened before?

jeffbee 8 months ago [–]

The calcium would eliminate any HF generated in the fire. I don't believe there are any "standards" in this young area of endeavor.

grajaganDev 8 months ago | [–]

Fighting chemical fires has a very long history.

This sounds like armchair firefighting and not a good argument for locating this facility in Morro Bay.

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