Re: ihc-digest V5 #206

[<hofs@domain.elided>]

>Scouters,
>
>Somebody was talking about battery progress in the last 25 years.  The 
>lead acid cell is pretty much as it was then.  The main difference is the 
>case.  Now they are thin plastic, this allows a much bigger battery to 
>fit in the same batt box as an electrically smaller one 25 years ago.
>
>That's why electric cars aren't going anywhere.  Batteries really haven't 
>changed much.
>
>Steve

Steve,
I guess that's why I know more about batteries than I do about my wife 
who has changed a heck of a lot in 25 years.
John

John Hofstetter  "Ol'Saline's Web Site" www.goldrush.com/~hofs
Life Member, National Rifle Association     California Rifle and Pistol 
Asc.
Member, Sierra Macintosh Users Group  Member, MacTwain Macintosh Users 
Group
Charter Member, FRIENDS OF DEATH VALLEY   Member, Blue Ribbon Coalition
Life Member, Association of California School Administrators
Owner of 79 Scout Terra "It's a legend"