Dramatic Video Shows Lithium-Ion Battery Catch Fire As Dog Chews On It - Forbes

[Think. Again.]

2. That's frightening,...

...but unfortunately, we will need lithium ion batteries to reduce CO2 emissions until we can develop better portable energy storage systems.

Maybe if we had stopped using fossil fuels when Mrs. O'Leary's cow started the Chicago Fire in 1871 we wouldn't be in this mess now, but of course, even when we do get away from using fossil fuels to generate our electricity, we'll probably still have the problem of rodents starting about 25% of unknown-origin house fires just from chewing on electrical wiring and equipment.