Did anyone see Book of Eli? The Denzel character had some sort of battery to power his iPod. He took it to a tinker in baddy town to recharge. What was going on there? Acid refill? I didn't get it.
So, if most battery production ceased in '97, by 2000, even rechargeables would be dying off at quite a clip. That's 2+ years ofbattlefield/outdoors-type use. Methinks most batteries would be failing fast.
And with batteries, it seems like if you use them a bit and leave them in a device, they run out a lot faster than if you leave them in the package, completely unused. In other words, you put a couple AAs in your walkman, listen to the radio for 5 minutes, and then forget about it for a couple of months. Next time you use it, the batteries are almost dead. On the other hand, you leave the AAs in a package for years, they may still be fresh when you need 'em. Sound about right to you?
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