Retirement home BANS electric vehicles to avoid PREMATURE cremation! | MGUY Australia
It would be a terrible irony, wouldn’t it, if you moved into your shiny new retirement home only to be burnt to a crisp by your neighbor’s electric vehicle, or worse still, your own electric wheelchair. It reminded me of that Tesla hearse that I put in the thumbnail, which can do the cremation on the side of the road without ever having to go to the crerematorium. But joking aside, it’s a relief to see that there are at least some organizations that are taking the threat of large lithium-ion battery fires seriously. instead of pretending it’s not a problem to ensure the net zero narrative continues unimpeded. I’ll be doing a video soon on the false statistics that are banded about regarding the prevalence of EV fires compared to combustion car fires. But as we all know, whether EV fires are less common or not, their impact is far far greater and the results can be catastrophic even for a small ebike battery. So, it seems only reasonable that this retirement home plans to ban all large lithium-ion battery devices so that the residents can live out their days in peace and are not subject to premature cremation. Welcome back to Muy, British engineer and lawyer turned Sydney YouTuber. If you enjoy this video, please drop a like and make sure you click that subscribe button down below so you don’t miss out on any future videos. and head over to the MGUI store for some cool anti-EV merch link in the description or scan the QR code on screen. Finally, a quick reminder that you can watch all new videos completely uninterrupted and free from all annoying ads like this one by becoming an MUI member on Patreon link in the description or scan the QR code on screen. So here’s the story from Radio New Zealand which uh summarizes how uh the policy is being opposed by some of the residents in this retirement village which is uh a bit dangerous. I would say retirement village mulls banning electric cars, bikes, even wheelchairs. Some residents at an Oakland retirement village want to put the brakes on a policy that would ban any more electric vehicles, EVs within its gates. Fair View Lifestyle Village in Albany said it was concerned about the risk of an EV fire would pose to the busy community’s residents and homes. While rare, EV fires can be more difficult to put out than petrol car fires, and the village said it was unclear who was legally responsible for managing that risk. The policy was still in mediation and residents who already owned electric vehicles would be allowed to keep them, but it was not letting any new EVs into the gated Northshore community as well as cars. The policy extended to ebikes, e- scooters, and wheelchairs. Retirement Village Residents Association chief executive Nigel Matthews told RNZ Checkpoint this was the first case concerning electric vehicles that he had seen. While the issuing had concerned some retirement residents, he said it was great that consultation was underway. We have been aware that this has been an ongoing discussion since early February March of this year and unfortunately some of these processes take a while. Matthew said concerns about the risk of EVs had seemingly been increased via the media. There’s been obviously a tension in the media. As soon as there’s an EV that blows up or it catches fire, it’s on the front page. If it’s a diesel or a petrol car, you won’t hear about it. Yes. Well, that’s because putting out a diesel or petrol fire is generally very straightforward. It happens all the time. It’s no big deal. But when an EV catches fire, it is a big deal because the fire uh responders have to deal with extremely high temperatures. They can’t use traditional firefighting measures. all the stuff that I’ve been talking about for ages on this channel. He said the issue was complicated by policies being formed after people had already moved in with EVs. Prior to people moving in, no policy on this. However, there’s obviously discussion that has occurred and now they’re wanting to put in a policy which would ban charging in your own garage. Well, that’s very sensible. And obviously underneath in the car parking area of the apartment. I get it. But, you know, if the council imposed a sudden policy change on me and said, “You can no longer charge your EV in your own personal garage, we need to actually change that.” I would then want to engage in consultation, and I’d want there to be some sort of resolution. Well, charging in an enclosed garage or an underground car park is a recipe for disaster. Again, the risk of anything happening is pretty remote, but if it did happen, it would be catastrophic. And that is why these rules are being put in place. But the problem here is that regulations and rules about EV charging have not caught up uh with reality. And so it’s perfectly reasonable for the owner of that um village to to say no, we’ve got to we’ve got to make sure as it says here um Fair View Lifestyle Village said its overriding concern and objective was the safety of its 300 residents as well as staff, visitors and property. It said in New Zealand the legal responsibility framework around the safe management of EVs in residential care settings was completely undefined. So it had to define its own safety parameters. It said it had taken a measured approach in consulting on and developing a policy to address the current technology and set guidelines for future advancements. And that really is the issue. Uh the uh regulatory authorities, the fire authorities are struggling to keep up with the proliferation of EVs and we are seeing some very dangerous situations. I’ve got a video coming up soon actually about something local to me here in Sydney which is absolutely it it’s so dangerous what they’ve done and yet getting an answer out of the council is almost impossible and it’s going to be a very interesting video when I get around to doing it and when I actually get some answers. Um, but this is the problem and and they rightly put the safety of their visitors and residents first and that’s what you’re going to have to do until uh there are laws and regulations in place. Anyway, a kind of amusing story, but but it has a very serious message to it as well. All right, that’s it for this one. Thanks very much for watching. Really hope you enjoyed it. See you in the next one. Bye for now. If you’d like to support this channel and display your anti-EV credentials to your Tesla owning neighbors at the same time, why not buy some awesome MGY merchandise like this mug, this baseball cap, or this t-shirt? 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A retirement home in New Zealand has banned electric vehicles, including electric wheelchairs because of the risk of fire. But some of the Net Zero infected residents are opposing the move…!
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