Better Batteries

Three Hundred Nineteenth Post: Better Batteries

The first thing missing out in the woods is power. The closest source of power is the vehicle. Besides that you are left with batteries. Well in the Army we used batteries during training and they were far from being perfected.

First you may wonder why we would need such large sources of power. Well today computers are more and more important with information. But for my unit we used them for radio equipment and loud speakers. The 35 F, a Psychological Operations soldier, has to carry a huge loud speaker on the back of there rucksack. It adds another 50 lb to the gear. Heavier batteries equal more weight.

In the original GPS’s, the battery would explode if put in backwards. (I am reading about batteries learned how they can be dangerous.) The GPS could have been fixed if the battery only fit in one way. Instead it fit both ways, and you have to read the markings on the battery.

If you could find a better battery you would fill a huge need. I once heard that Nikola Tesla, supposedly had a way to deliver electricity wirelessly. That is if you believe the story. But we already got that. It is called lightning. (*LOL) How could the energy possibly be maintained like radio waves and not flow through the first conductor?

Until we change the Energizer Bunny’s batteries... May the Creative Force be with You