| When one stops to consider the number of | | | | and the shift toward renewable and green |
| machines, gadgets and devises that we have | | | | power sources. Todays electrical powered or |
| come to depend on to get us through our day, | | | | hybrid cars rely on speciality batteries to |
| the mind boggles. Here in Ontario, we are a | | | | store the electrical power that runs the car. |
| little paranoid when it comes to electrical | | | | Solar panels, that use the sun as a source of |
| power. The news media and consumers alike | | | | power, utilize batteries to store the power |
| carefully track the rising price of | | | | collect for future use. Windmills, that |
| electricity. We are concerned about the | | | | derive power from the wind, also store the |
| future cost of electricity and we are worried | | | | power it generates with batteries. |
| that Ontario Power Generation will not be | | | | |
| able to produce enough to meet all the needs | | | | There are as many different sizes and |
| of the province. With our fixation on | | | | different types of batteries such as coin, |
| electricity, sometimes we fail to consider | | | | lithium-ion, alkaline and rechargeable |
| how much we depend on batteries to provide | | | | batteries, as there are applications for |
| both a primary source and supplemental source | | | | their use. It seems like, that for every |
| of power throughout our daily lives. | | | | battery-operated appliance there is a |
| | | | specialty battery made just for that product. |
| It would be difficult to find a home that did | | | | Sometimes it seems like you have every single |
| not have at least one battery-powered device. | | | | battery except the one that you require. |
| Over the last hundred years we have depended | | | | |
| on batteries. For decades we have been using | | | | Our need for batteries is so great that there |
| batteries to help start our cars, illuminate | | | | are now companies who deal exclusively in |
| our flashlights, and run our battery-operated | | | | batteries. Due to our reliance on batteries, |
| toys. Battery operated transistor radios were | | | | finding a quality battery store is crucial. |
| the iPods of the sixties. Today, batteries | | | | Some key factors to keep in mind when finding |
| are used as a power source for an | | | | a battery are: the size of the store, variety |
| ever-growing range of products and devices. | | | | and types of batteries that are stocked in |
| All the modern-day gadgets that we have come | | | | the store, good value/pricing, hassle-free |
| to depend on for work and play, our cell | | | | ordering, and satisfaction guarantees. An |
| phones, iPods, Blackberries, power tools, | | | | added benefit of a quality battery store is |
| camcorders, cameras, watches and much more, | | | | their ability to locate unusual special order |
| all require batteries to run. | | | | products. |
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| Manufactured with a limited life span and | | | | Our dependency on batteries is greater today |
| containing caustic material, and by their | | | | than ever before. They power much of our |
| very nature, not highly recyclable, batteries | | | | lives, and their applications will continue |
| do not have a great reputation with | | | | to expand, increasingly reaching into every |
| environmentalists. However, batteries play a | | | | aspect of modern life. |
| major role in the alternative power movement | | | | |