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What's Wrong With Lithium Ion Batteries?

Posted by samzenpus on from the too-hot-to-handle dept.

An anonymous Coward writes "Lithium ion batteries short-circuit. They overheat. They burst into flames. The reasons behind the recent spate of problems with a technology invented by Sony more than a decade ago are complex and varied, making for one big engineering headache."

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  1. Lithium Ions by arth1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but they're great for bipolar disorders.
    And isn't that what a battery per definition has?

    1. Re:Lithium Ions by fyngyrz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, many designs feature a salt and battery; personally, though, I always thought that just because you have bipolar to point at doesn't mean you get off without a charge. From where I sit, the whole bunch of them belong in cells.

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    2. Re:Lithium Ions by thewiz · · Score: 5, Funny

      I find your attitude towards people with bipolar disorder simply revolting!

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    3. Re:Lithium Ions by brusk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Watt are you talking about? No reason get short and heighten the tension here. Bipolar disorder can be terminal.

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  2. OMG! Invented by Sony! by feepness · · Score: 4, Funny

    It MUST be bad!

  3. Re:What a moronic post by ImTheDarkcyde · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw Fight Club too

  4. Stone tools? by burnttoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could have someones eye out with one of those... here, try this handful of wet mud instead...

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  5. Re:Actually, if you RTFA, it's not moronic by mypalmike · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, there's a very simple capitalistic free market solution to the very problem LiIon batteries pose. Legislate that LiIon batteries must use standardized battery format and be consumer changeable.

    This is either clever sarcasm, or a complete failure to understand the concept.

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