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On 3 Apr 2006 at 14:02, Steven Ayres wrote: > JamesM=> hybrids, meanwhile, add highly toxic battery technology to the > => problem, which will require some disposal mechanism in a few years. > > I know that in Japan, at least, the government is mandating that > manufacturers phase in total recycling of their products. So I expect > that the Japanese carmakers are either working hard on recycling > batteries or are already there. I think the technology and infrastructure for recycling lead/acid batteries is already in place, since each of our cars already has one of these. Is that what the hybrids use? If so, that's a plus, but I know everyone would like to find ways to improve the energy storage density and reduce the weight. > Notice that the SMART cars never did get approved by USDOT. That's a > major hurdle right there. Was that actually the problem? Or was there just a decision that a market crazed about SUVs (the bigger the better!) was not ready for even the best economy car? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~