Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 10/23/2024 8:31 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

Batteries are not a power source - they are a power store.

 
This is true for storage batteries, not for primary batteries like alkaline
cells.  Some languages make a specific distinction between "l'accumulateur"
and "la cellule" but English does not unfortunately.

>
True enough. I wonder how much energy is required make all the
components of a disposable AA cell, and the cell itself.
>
I'd be astonished if its less than the power stored in the
cell.

Far, far more, by more than a factor of 20 when I looked many years ago
and it's probably worse now.

There was an episode of Fernwood Tonight with an electric car powered by
thousands of D cells, except that one of them was bad.
--scott

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