PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTesla headquarters spills gallons of lime-green liquid into Bay Area streetwww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down15
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkTesla headquarters spills gallons of lime-green liquid into Bay Area streetwww.sfgate.comPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThat’s what I thought, but Tesla is claiming that it was coolant.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThey’re cleaning agents individually; I can’t speak to what they are when combined.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoLooks like they are also a cleaning product when combined. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/10/04/lye-soap-recipes-and-warnings/ But of course that doesn’t necessarily mean it can’t also be used as a coolant. From what I understand, neutrino detectors involve what is essentially a swimming pool full of dish soap.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThat’s why Teslas are expensive and shitty. They’re diverting effort and funds to neutrino detection.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPresumably they were cleaning the coolant lines, same as flushing a vehicle radiator
That’s what I thought, but Tesla is claiming that it was coolant.
They’re cleaning agents individually; I can’t speak to what they are when combined.
Looks like they are also a cleaning product when combined.
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/10/04/lye-soap-recipes-and-warnings/
But of course that doesn’t necessarily mean it can’t also be used as a coolant.
From what I understand, neutrino detectors involve what is essentially a swimming pool full of dish soap.
That’s why Teslas are expensive and shitty. They’re diverting effort and funds to neutrino detection.
Presumably they were cleaning the coolant lines, same as flushing a vehicle radiator