RE: Hurry up Dave the man9 Feb 2020 20:06
Lithium Batteries.
There is a website called Battery university. Not read it only guessing. Go there to double check.
Electronics like 2 things normally
1 as cold as possible
2 constant temperature
Batteries have a tendency to stop functioning at some lower temperature. bit of warmth can help a lot. lithium's have a tendency to catch fire at higher temps. also if there crushed. they gas if overcharged or charge/drain rates are too much (effect is again reduced with cooling), but how many mobiles laptops and pda's have swollen batteries? work, but only at 20% of what they used to? eventually the plug in point are more than likely going to be use to top half knackered batteries.
Some think battery rental a solution? Trolly-bus? or dodgems car with battery backup? The problem is this. A LADA from the soviet block is probably more environmentally friendly than a prius over its life cycle in terms of energy used to create and fabricate and keep on the road. is it the clean consumer "more consumption", "more progress", "more modern", "more technically advanced" and "new idea" option? NO. Don't get me wrong the prius is the better car. Over a lifecycle I am not sure it is more "green" unless it is the colour?
Now if you think that is nonsense answer why it is the power station pump out big fluffy clouds here and the soviet ones use that wasted warm water to heat their towns? No matter how green the energy or other companies want to make out they are there is not a common sense approach when certain things are left to the "market". I must say when you look at our power stations in comparison it does look like they have some panache!
Sorry for anyone reading this. 88e is at a very very good buy-in point at this late stage with the CR on the AUS exchange out of the way IMHO.