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<<some good stuff snipped>> > The tip about batteries from RadioShack was a > good one but let me add that before they started carrying the Lithium > batteries, I bought their 8 packs of alkline 9 volt batteries in my > local RadioShack for about $3.00. I dive enough that I was taking out > the battery anytime it got below 800 on the Oraca scale and was still > saving money over the Kodak Lithium battery.(on a Delphi) The alkines > still had enough omph to run my shower radio after I had taken them > out of the computer. As always, your milage may vary but please, be > careful. I considered this route as well. What changed my mind was the problem of properly disposing of the spent batteries. The lithium batteries last much longer than their alkaline equivalent but, as was pointed out above, are also much more expensive. The route I settled on was to use the lithium version to keep the sheer number of disposed alkaline batteries out of the landfill. I chalk the higher cost up to increased environmental sensitivity. Just a thought. Does anyone know about the environmental impact of a dead alkaline battery as opposed to a dead lithium battery? :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: :Patrick Murphy : murphy@un*.sl*.un*.co* : :Unisys, Government Systems Division :"Ah, this is obviously some strange : :McLean, VA : usage of the word _safe_ that I wasnt: :(703) 847-2545 : previously aware of." : : Opinions expressed are mine alone : Arthur Dent, THHGTTG : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The score: Opinions-3 A**holes-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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