How ironic is this? Our energy consumption is so inter-related that we don’t even realize the impact; even when we think we are making the right choices. The following Press Release talks about prices increases to battery products as a result of the energy demands that affect the prices of the plactic cases that the batteries are made of. Even alternative energy places a demand on the convential oil & gas based by-products. In addition, North America has done a great deal of work in eliminating the effects of Lead in our lives, but yet we are using more lead than ever in producing batteries to store a charge from Solar and Wind-Power sources.
Are there alternatives to lead for storing energy? Or should we be focusing on energy on demand? What do you think?
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BLUE BELL, Pa., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — C&D Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CHP), a leading North American producer and marketer of electrical power storage and conversion systems used in telecommunications, industrial and motive applications, today announced a general price increase of 8% on all 10- and 20-year battery products, including hardware, components and parts, as well as all motive battery products, effective with orders placed starting March 1, 2006.
“Since our November 28, 2005 general pricing announcement, the market price for lead, which is a dominant raw material used for the manufacture of industrial battery
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