Sunday, August 12, 2007

Batteries: Understanding the Impact they have in Our Daily Lives

When one stops to consider the number of machines, gadgets and devises that we have come to depend on to get us through our day, the mind boggles. Here in Ontario, we are a little paranoid when it comes to electrical power. The news media and consumers alike carefully track the rising price of electricity. We are concerned about the future cost of electricity and we are worried that Ontario Power Generation will not be able to produce enough to meet all the needs of the province. With our fixation on electricity, sometimes we fail to consider how much we depend on batteries to provide both a primary source and supplemental source of power throughout our daily lives.
It would be difficult to find a home that did not have at least one battery-powered device. Over th View the rest of this article


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