tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post4910997447395376349..comments2023-09-16T04:04:05.052-05:00Comments on Mad Engineering: New Battery TechnologyProfessor Preposteroushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07833576109973350556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post-15920420085816984792010-07-03T21:48:40.808-05:002010-07-03T21:48:40.808-05:00Yeah. In many ways they are better than gas ones:
...Yeah. In many ways they are better than gas ones:<br />Pros: easy start up, no fuel storage, no fumes, reduced noise.<br />Cans: heavier, reduced range (and now I know life expectancy), less manly.<br />However, the one I baught was run of the mill lead acid. Perhaps once Litium ion become affordable or Carbon nanotubes are available, they will become mainstream...<br /><br />Then we can all buy retro honda troy-bilt lawnmowers and add V2 engines and pictures of flames trailing and take them to hot-blades shows in walmart parking lots.Pawl Bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492722959872185204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post-79684052735970853992010-07-03T09:05:54.628-05:002010-07-03T09:05:54.628-05:00They make electric lawnmowers? The last one I us...They make electric lawnmowers? The last one I used was a push-mower. It was human-powered, and reasonably good exercise....Professor Preposteroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833576109973350556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post-4052472252507245412010-07-03T08:00:09.213-05:002010-07-03T08:00:09.213-05:00Yippie, then I can mow the whole lawn without char...Yippie, then I can mow the whole lawn without charging breaks or storing smelly gasolene in the shedPawl Bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492722959872185204noreply@blogger.com