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Old 02-11-2012, 01:38 AM  
tedwinters
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You're wrong. You are so wrong. The batteries aren't giant - they are tiny. The battery packs are made up of small Lithium Ion cells like the ones in your cellphone and laptop. The batteries content no heavy metals and no toxic materials. They are also recyclable.
Are you still talking about the tesla batteries? The *cells* are tiny, but the battery is composed of thousands of cells... You replace them all when the battery goes. for $36,000 when I last checked.

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On top of that they produce clean energy without any of the toxic byproducts of gasoline.
Batteries don't produce energy, they store energy. Where they get that energy depends from, but North America has a lot of coal generation, as well as hydro and Nuclear.
Not that clean or environmentally friendly...
*edit* I see in your last reply that you know the energy generation stats

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