would it be a good idea to smelt them in a home foundry? what would a guy do with the acid? is the casing recyclable? anybody found an easy way to reform sulphuric acid yet? does anybody buy bulk plastic of the type in the batteries?
jerry dycus wrote: > Hi Ed and All, > --- "NBT - E. Beggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Um, "enterprising young person"...or dumb? > > > > A few hundred at a time is several thousand pounds > > of batteries to slug on > > and off per load (careful, don't spill that acid or > > get any on you!), a 2 > > ton truck, a couple of hundred miles at maybe 10 > > mpg...for $35???!!! > Federal law requires that anyone selling lead > batteries take used cores back for recycling. So take > them back where they were bought. > Around here you get $2+ for them in Fla. That's > $400 per trip. I'd look for scrap yards to sell them > to. Auto recyclers are required to recycle them so > will have a system set up. > Maybe get the 4H clubs to recycle them as a > fundraiser. If there are that many batts lying around > maybe you should talk to your gov about it. > But again an EV'er wouldn't be leaving his > batteries, he'd be exchanging them. Maybe you should > blame farmers/ ranchers for it instead of EV'ers. > Everything can be dangerous,a cup of water can kill > you. > jerry dycus -- www.skaar.101main.net from 20:00 to 7:30 AST, ask for free access to the hidden directories. moderator of [EMAIL PROTECTED] lord of the minuet. nutty artist axtraordinaire. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
