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  • Alkaline battery quandry...

    From Marc Lewis@1:396/45 to All on Sun Nov 17 20:08:57 2019
    Hello All.

    It takes more than 100 times the energy to manufacture an alkaline battery than
    is available during its use phase. And when the entirety of a battery's emissions are added up - including sourcing, production, and shipping - its greenhouse gas emissions are 30 times that of the average coal-fired power plant, per watt-hour.
    -- Jay Turner


    Best regards,
    Marc

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Marc Lewis on Wed Nov 27 08:01:39 2019
    In a post between "Marc Lewis : All", on 11/17/2019 1:08 PM

    It takes more than 100 times the energy to manufacture an
    alkaline battery than is available during its use phase. And
    when the entirety of a battery's emissions are added up -
    including sourcing, production, and shipping - its
    greenhouse gas emissions are 30 times that of the average
    coal-fired power plant, per watt-hour. -- Jay Turner

    Are rechargeables a better choice?

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  • From Marc Lewis@1:396/45 to August Abolins on Sun Dec 1 00:33:42 2019
    Hello August.

    <On 27Nov2019 08:01 August Abolins (2:221/360) wrote a message to Marc Lewis regarding Alkaline battery quandry... >


    It takes more than 100 times the energy to manufacture an
    alkaline battery than is available during its use phase. And
    when the entirety of a battery's emissions are added up -
    including sourcing, production, and shipping - its
    greenhouse gas emissions are 30 times that of the average
    coal-fired power plant, per watt-hour. -- Jay Turner

    Are rechargeables a better choice?

    I believe the next in line are lithium cells, probably followed by NiMH rechargable cells.

    Best regards,
    Marc

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