Kyle King

One is how we develop the technology to be implemented within, you know, if we're talking about like tractors, things like that. From a emergency response perspective, these batteries are really, really problematic. It takes like 30 hours to put them out as opposed to like relatively, you know, 10 or 20 minutes with a regular battery, right? And a car fire. So it just takes forever.

One is how we develop the technology to be implemented within, you know, if we're talking about like tractors, things like that. From a emergency response perspective, these batteries are really, really problematic. It takes like 30 hours to put them out as opposed to like relatively, you know, 10 or 20 minutes with a regular battery, right? And a car fire. So it just takes forever.

And the water requirements are excessive to do that. It's like a thousand gallons of water for a normal car fire and like 30,000 gallons of water for a lithium battery fire in an electric vehicle. And so, you know, then you're the point being, if we're implementing technology as a solution, what are the actual long-term impacts? Because then we just create a water security problem.

And the water requirements are excessive to do that. It's like a thousand gallons of water for a normal car fire and like 30,000 gallons of water for a lithium battery fire in an electric vehicle. And so, you know, then you're the point being, if we're implementing technology as a solution, what are the actual long-term impacts? Because then we just create a water security problem.

By creating this new technology. So then there's all sorts of environmental issues and sort of degradation and runoff and whatever happens when you contaminate the environment that goes along with that. So if that is the case, and then I think we agree there's a labor shortage issue and there needs to be something to fill that gap.

By creating this new technology. So then there's all sorts of environmental issues and sort of degradation and runoff and whatever happens when you contaminate the environment that goes along with that. So if that is the case, and then I think we agree there's a labor shortage issue and there needs to be something to fill that gap.

I think we have to give some thoughtful consideration around what is the technology that's being used to do that. and the vulnerability that we don't yet know. I'll use another case in point here is that the more IoT and connectivity that we have, as you've already identified, the more risk that we start to introduce.

I think we have to give some thoughtful consideration around what is the technology that's being used to do that. and the vulnerability that we don't yet know. I'll use another case in point here is that the more IoT and connectivity that we have, as you've already identified, the more risk that we start to introduce.

Now, this may not be because we look at our own domain and we think IoT and we think, you know, sort of the systems that we have in place.

Now, this may not be because we look at our own domain and we think IoT and we think, you know, sort of the systems that we have in place.

But if you go and you can just Google for the Chinese cargo ship that dropped its anchor in the Baltic Sea this year and then was dragging its anchor across the bottom of the Baltic Sea to try and pull up the major telecommunications internet connection cable between that connects to Europe and Northern Europe.

But if you go and you can just Google for the Chinese cargo ship that dropped its anchor in the Baltic Sea this year and then was dragging its anchor across the bottom of the Baltic Sea to try and pull up the major telecommunications internet connection cable between that connects to Europe and Northern Europe.

So they're intentionally trying to rip up this underwater sea cable that was a main communication line of internet to Europe. And so if all those systems go offline because of another sort of external national security issue, then all those systems are offline. So we sort of are then vulnerable to sort of outside actors as well, right?

So they're intentionally trying to rip up this underwater sea cable that was a main communication line of internet to Europe. And so if all those systems go offline because of another sort of external national security issue, then all those systems are offline. So we sort of are then vulnerable to sort of outside actors as well, right?

Not even just from a hacking perspective, but just from a sabotage perspective as well.

Not even just from a hacking perspective, but just from a sabotage perspective as well.

And there's a lot to unpack from that, right? Because, I mean, some of the things we just don't know. I mean, the world has changed in the last couple of years. We would have never thought that this would be the case with somebody dropping an anchor in the Baltic Sea. But that's just where the world is evolving to is into increasingly complex crisis.

And there's a lot to unpack from that, right? Because, I mean, some of the things we just don't know. I mean, the world has changed in the last couple of years. We would have never thought that this would be the case with somebody dropping an anchor in the Baltic Sea. But that's just where the world is evolving to is into increasingly complex crisis.

And so I don't think that we know sort of what's next. I think we have some ideas and you could think largely worst case scenario. I mean, at the time of recording this podcast, I mean, there's like there's Russian ships off the coast of Florida. Who would have ever thought? you know, that that was going to be a thing, but you know, it is a thing as of today.

And so I don't think that we know sort of what's next. I think we have some ideas and you could think largely worst case scenario. I mean, at the time of recording this podcast, I mean, there's like there's Russian ships off the coast of Florida. Who would have ever thought? you know, that that was going to be a thing, but you know, it is a thing as of today.