Plugging in your battery
Anyone who depends on the battery to get them through the day will know exactly what I mean. I am referring to the batteries that you can recharge. Over and over again. And unfortunately, as time goes on the efficiency dwindles. Drops close to 0 in fact. Consider your new cell phone which seems like such a marvel when you first unbox it. You plug it in and it says 100% eventually and then time goes on. That battery will return to 100% but I really do not believe we get the same amount of work out of the battery in the end days as we did in the beginning. I remember when you used to take flashlight batteries and tuck them away in that warm area near the kitchen stove in a couple of days later we had light. Not exactly rechargeable but close enough to make you happy. Now, we plan our life around how long a battery pack will last. Particularly our cell phone battery. Does anyone ever get through a whole day? The technology is there to make batteries that can last for years but as soon as we try to apply it in real life we are spending the rest of our time looking for a charger or a place to plug that charger in. It seems so unfair. I look at my tablet and realized that battery now lasts for a few hours. And then I am back to recycling my life. Waiting for the next optimum time. I developed a routine that sees me plugging in each night before bed. Not me but the battery. You knew what I meant right? On the other hand we have automotive batteries which do a different job and it seemed to last for years unless we abuse them. Why cannot industry figure out how to make things work better for all of us. When anyone talks about getting a new electric car I can only wonder how they’re going to handle that cycle of discharge. Will they be left sitting by the side of the road waiting for a boost. Or staying at home because the car is not up to the job.
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