California is a "green" State, ya'know.
...San Jose State University-affiliated researchers from the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories detected substantially higher-than-usual concentrations of chemicals like nickel, cobalt and manganese in the Elkhorn Slough, a large intertidal area approximately one mile away from the Vistra Energy battery storage facility that caught on fire on Jan. 16. The investigators say they observed concentrations of the metals that are between 10 and 100 times higher than typical levels in the Elkhorn Slough, raising concerns that the blazes may have caused more environmental damage than initially indicated.
“Those three metals are toxic,” Ivano Aiello, a professor of marine geology who led the sampling process, told Mercury News. “They are hazardous to aquatic life....
Those batteries are used to store electricity generated by windmills and suncatchers, the reliable ridiculous and extremely-expensive energy sources we all need.
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