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Ford Just Reported a 375% Increase in the Sale of This Type of Vehicle

June 3, 2013 at 11:56pm

In reply to rolla020980.

Most hybrid vehicles in operation utilize a rechargeable battery – currently, most hybrids use a nickel-metal hydride battery – which reduces the amount of CO2 in the environment by decreasing the consumption of gasoline.

But while the reduction of CO2 is a positive environmental impact, mining rechargeable batteries releases other emissions and contaminants that are considered hazardous. The actual mines are exposed to air, which leads to weathering/erosion. This causes nickel, which is harmful to wildlife, to seep into soils. The smokestacks at these nickel mines release Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), which causes acid rain, effectively destroying the environment by upsetting the natural pH balance.

The end-life of batteries also poses a negative environmental impact. Traditional recycling factories cannot disassemble the batteries, nor can they burn them into useable sources of energy. While hybrid producing companies are becoming more aware of the issue by introducing recycling incentives and specialized recycling centers, batteries are often times sent to landfills. The metals in batteries do not rapidly degrade, and they consume more space in landfills even after compaction. These heavy metals also tend to precipitate and end up as leachate (i.e. the hazardous liquid waste produced in landfills). The nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids contain Potassium Hydroxide (POH), a corrosive liquid that will inevitably become leachate in landfills. Every landfill lining
Do You Know What This Odd Vessel Allegedly Spotted Floating in the Florida Keys Is?

March 18, 2013 at 5:35pm

In reply to spirited.

To make it easier to find during the recovery operation.
Do You Know What This Odd Vessel Allegedly Spotted Floating in the Florida Keys Is?

March 18, 2013 at 5:31pm

In reply to SocialistSlayer.

Actually a rocket to get it off the pad, then the jet will take over after that thus it is self propelled. Very similiar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eGcSW8C8SE
Hooters Ballgirl Makes Big Mistake During Spring Training Game

March 11, 2013 at 5:40pm

In reply to booger71.

More than a handful is a waste. “I do have big hands !”
34c is perfect for me !
Jobless Keith Olbermann Reportedly Pushing to Be Rehired by an Old Employer (and It’s Not MSNBC or Current)

March 4, 2013 at 6:05pm

In reply to Michelle_Baboonbutt.

Yeah The Monk, I can see the seial port on the back of that bad boy. Didn’t serial ports go near the end of the Win XP era ?
Soledad O’Brien Out At CNN… Sort Of

February 21, 2013 at 6:40pm

In reply to GuruMeditation.

Guru, I was thinking the exact same thing.
Restaurant Employee on ‘Undercover Boss’ Show Admits He Hates Customers, Gets Immediately Fired

February 5, 2013 at 9:13pm

In reply to BODYBAG.

RDavis, Show me a poor team and I will show you a poor leader. I have to agree the manager must not be doing their job if they are unaware of this person’s behavior.
Finally the answer (sort of) for ‘what came first — the chicken or the egg?’

January 26, 2013 at 1:31am

God came first.
CNBC’s Rick Santelli Gets Into Shouting Match Over President Obama & Job Creation — Is He Right?

November 2, 2012 at 5:16pm

In reply to dullsville.

Rush Limbaugh said all the way back in Feb to watch the unemployment rate that it would drop under 8% in Sept or Oct because no president has ever been reelected with the rate over 8%. It appears that his crystal ball was working perfectly when he made that prediction.
Keith Olbermann Plans ‘FOK News Channel’ Website

February 23, 2011 at 9:54am

In reply to joefboschsr.

@TrueGrit

Very well put !