For the past five days, San Diego firefighters have been dealing with a smoldering fire at an Otay Mesa warehouse used to house lithium batteries. Lithium is a metal used for electric vehicle and even smartphone and tablet batteries including a host of other so-called renewable energy sources.

Unfortunately, lithium is water reactive and can re-ignite due to high temperatures. Firefighters say, for now, it could be weeks before the blaze is extinguished despite water being the best option to putting out the fire. All of these headaches and even jeopardizing people’s lives just so California can be the climate virtue signaling capitol of the world.

In the meantime, Golden State politicos don’t mention the fact that a lot of their energy is provided by two other Western U.S. nuclear plants. The plan is to minimize competition by eradicating California’s fossil fuel industry but have nuclear plants provide Golden State residents energy giving the illusion its all done by renewables.

PHOTO CREDIT: Nissan Leaf cutaway showing part of the battery in 2009 – By Tennen-Gas – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8249799