Laptop batteries have been exploding for a long time, but it’s been a phenomenon I’d largely ignored until now when I read an “Inquirer article”:http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38176 about a MacBook exploding this morning. Then I went in search of evidence. I found this “video”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeWq6rWzChw&mode=related&search= and I realized that when they say exploding, they actually do mean *exploding.*

According to an article on the subject at “Howstuffworks.com”:http://computer.howstuffworks.com/dell-battery-fire.htm , these explosions/meltings/fires are caused by small amounts of metal floating in the lithium fluid piercing the separation walls between the cells, causing a short circuit. Bad luck eh?