Wow.
Sometimes ignorance can be breathtaking...
I suppose you're not old enough to know that "a little learning is a dangerous thing"...
You really should do homework, sometime before you die of old age.
RECYCLING
Thanks to ogitator for that link.
Of course, chemicals are not all equally toxic. The three worst "baddies" in batteryland are:
lead, cadmium, and mercury.
Other battery compounds like silver, zinc, and nickel can also be problems, but less so.
Guess what your cool car battery is made of?
You've responded to my single post twice. I happen to ride a motorcycle and drive a car. I know what my batteries are made of and I know that they ARE recycleable and have been doing that for years.
As for my reply about costs, I was going off of a discussion I had heard a couple of years ago, but as the site linked here shows, these are still more expensive than many people realize.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060821171200AATHDAZ
"For the Prius, new the hybrid battery is running about US$1100 (as of spring 2006), but if you were to buy one off of eBay from a wrecked vehicle it is usually less than US$1000, closer to the US$500 range..."
In addition, there appear to be other problems in operating this type of car. See the Consumer Affairs link below.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/toyota_prius_battery.html
As for me, I understand that the most efficient mass produced powerplant is the gasoline piston engine. If there was something else out there as efficient, there would be a market for it. For your enjoyment:
http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/search/label/Michael%20Wang