Jackson Jambalaya

The common denominator seems to be lithium batteries. They burn hot and fast and no amount of water will put them out. Far more dangerous than a petroleum fire. They are good sense energy storage but there is nothing green or safe about lithium batteries.

except that this fire appears to be from the engine compartment. There are no lithium batteries there.

What?? You do know that truck runs on diesel, right? Or was that assuming too much?

The common denominator seems to be Swift drivers. They always wreck and no amount of common sense will help them out. Far more dangerous than your regular ole truck driver. They are good at getting a commercial license but there is nothing good or safe about Swift drivers.

PS - WTF does lithium batteries have to do with an engine compartment fire on a truck?

What do lithium batteries have to do with a diesel truck fire?

You think there are lithium batteries in the engine compartment of that truck? Sure bub.

More dangerous perhaps is the person filming the scene while driving in the left-hand lane on Interstate 55 through Jackson.

The driver had a rechargeable lithium battery bank in his cab. I heard it on the CB radio. You people are really simple.

It is 2020. Where is there NOT a lithium battery?

IN THE VIDEO, the cab of the truck was untouched by fire while the entire front cap and engine compartment was engulfed in flames.

What "fun" is it to make shit up?

The closest any of you rubes has come to being in the cab of a big truck was last week when your group went to the fire station and you got to climb up and ring the bell. GTFO here.

3:03, the common denominator is that you have listened to your hero Greta Thunberg a little too much. People like you wish for things in a world that cannot be obtained. The world economy is fossil fuel driven. You need to ask yourself a lot of questions.
How will my groceries get from the distributor to the grocery store?
How will I get to work?
How will I go see momma and daddy?
If I raise a child and there is very little transportation then the children will not venture far off to get married and pretty much after 3 or 4 generations there will be no branches on the family tree. Everyone will be related. Very very badly thing to happen.
How will my employer stay in business so that I can earn a pay check?
How will I cut my lawn?
How will I get my kids to the out of town high school football games?
How will I take a vacation?
How will my overnight packages arrive from Amazon if we can’t fly?

So, you can wish and hope for Lithium batteries but it ain’t gonna happen. Try pulling 130,000 oversized load on a battery powered tractor trailer. With 500 HP and 1,675 pounds of torque it was a strain on my N14 Cummins Diesel engine with 4:73 ratio gearing. Plus I only got 3.5 miles per gallon. But that was to haul equipment that builds structures for you to work in, shop in, and worship in. Go on get your batteries and see that it will set you back 100 years. I’ll take my fossil fuels. And as far as the fire, electrical shorts happen especially when you have the heat from a diesel generated under the hoods of these trucks and the least issue happens and your pyrometer for your turbo shoots up to 1100 to 1200 degrees.
Y’all have a nice day. Oh, one more thing, at least that truck chasing green teeth wanna be a rapper lawyer that advertises on TV didn’t get a bite out of this issue.

5:00 - The only thing of interest in that post is your 'green teeth lawyer on TV'. What the hell are you talking about?

I can't believe people will just lie on the internet. Just telling lies!

@5:00
Wow Greta Thunberg sure lives rent free in the minds of trumptards and baby boomers.

Have you always bullied little girls or is this a new thing since Trump got elected?

No, the bullying started with Nick Sandman and the Covington school kids

@5:00

You do realize that electric can produce more torque than diesel, don't you? How do you think freight trains move so much weight?

@5:00 AM

I hope you weren't about to hit the road with such an addled brain. You didn't even realize 3:03 was pointing out the supposed DANGER of lithium batteries. To-wit, "...there is nothing green or safe about lithium batteries." Go back to bed, man.

"You do realize that electric can produce more torque than diesel, don't you? How do you think freight trains move so much weight?" That is so very true, but they are part of a Diesel/Electric system so Fossil fuels are still an integral part.

Speaking of FIRE - When was the last time you saw a 'fire hydrant' produce fire? They're 'water hydrants'. I'm no robot.