Subj : Re: Alkaline battery quandry...
To : August Abolins
From : Marc Lewis
Date : Sun Dec 01 2019 12:33 am
Hello August.
<On 27Nov2019 08:01 August Abolins (2:221/360) wrote a message to Marc Lewis
regarding Alkaline battery quandry... >
ML> It takes more than 100 times the energy to manufacture an
ML> alkaline battery than is available during its use phase. And
ML> when the entirety of a battery's emissions are added up -
ML> including sourcing, production, and shipping - its
ML> greenhouse gas emissions are 30 times that of the average
ML> coal-fired power plant, per watt-hour. -- Jay Turner
AA> Are rechargeables a better choice?
I believe the next in line are lithium cells, probably followed by NiMH
rechargable cells.
