β² 676 βΌ Solved Problems (by kplx) (piefed.kobel.fyi) submitted 7 months ago by squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source
[β] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) now you don't even see the lithium batteries leaching into the water supply! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fishos@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yup, thank God each device just has one lithium battery, instead of the HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS of alkaline batteries you'd go through in the life of a device in the past. You got about 6-8 hours of gameplay in a GameBoy from 2 AA batteries. Kids played these every single day. You have any idea how many we went through? Or stereos/walkman of the time using even more? Stereos used 4-12 C/D batteries and lasted maybe 2 hours. You have no idea how incredibly better you have it with lithium batteries and the waste they create. We used to buy alkaline batteries by the 24/48 pack as a regular grocery item. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) I've used recchargeables for all my life. some of the first ones still work. No idea where they actually end up but I always brought them to the battery section at the recycle depot when they finally died. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fishos@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* While better, even those were terrible at first. The first ones were charged for almost as much time as they were used for. We've come a loooooooong way with battery tech, mostly for the better. At this point, battery waste is almost entirely a recycling infrastructure problem(we need more facilities doing it and more people turning them in instead of dumping them). permalink fedilink source parent
[β] fishos@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yup, thank God each device just has one lithium battery, instead of the HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS of alkaline batteries you'd go through in the life of a device in the past. You got about 6-8 hours of gameplay in a GameBoy from 2 AA batteries. Kids played these every single day. You have any idea how many we went through? Or stereos/walkman of the time using even more? Stereos used 4-12 C/D batteries and lasted maybe 2 hours. You have no idea how incredibly better you have it with lithium batteries and the waste they create. We used to buy alkaline batteries by the 24/48 pack as a regular grocery item. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) I've used recchargeables for all my life. some of the first ones still work. No idea where they actually end up but I always brought them to the battery section at the recycle depot when they finally died. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fishos@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* While better, even those were terrible at first. The first ones were charged for almost as much time as they were used for. We've come a loooooooong way with battery tech, mostly for the better. At this point, battery waste is almost entirely a recycling infrastructure problem(we need more facilities doing it and more people turning them in instead of dumping them). permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) I've used recchargeables for all my life. some of the first ones still work. No idea where they actually end up but I always brought them to the battery section at the recycle depot when they finally died. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fishos@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* While better, even those were terrible at first. The first ones were charged for almost as much time as they were used for. We've come a loooooooong way with battery tech, mostly for the better. At this point, battery waste is almost entirely a recycling infrastructure problem(we need more facilities doing it and more people turning them in instead of dumping them). permalink fedilink source parent
[β] fishos@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* While better, even those were terrible at first. The first ones were charged for almost as much time as they were used for. We've come a loooooooong way with battery tech, mostly for the better. At this point, battery waste is almost entirely a recycling infrastructure problem(we need more facilities doing it and more people turning them in instead of dumping them). permalink fedilink source parent
