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hello everyone
I'll do a quick rundown on the back story, so you understand my dilemma.
MS is a dystopian future (20 years in the future) where the electrical grid has been destroyed (among other things).
People have generators, but fuel is scarce as only a few refineries have been repaired.
The problem I have is with batteries.
In one section I have my MC's communicating with two-ways. I've just been reading online, and most people are reporting that a battery's shelf life is only five years. This is the standard alkaline, non rechargeable. Lithium rechargeable batteries last longer but twenty years?
If this is fact then I accept that. So I went onto youtube and onto wikipedia to see how batteries are made, and what they are made from.
The elements comprising it are all natural and have been used by humans for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
The dry cell battery itself, was invented and in mass production in the late 1800's
So the questions I'm asking are:
Would an alkaline or lithium battery last twenty years untouched?
If not, would it be plausible for humans devoid of an electrical grid, to make them for themselves?
Much thanks for any help from people much wiser than I.
I'll do a quick rundown on the back story, so you understand my dilemma.
MS is a dystopian future (20 years in the future) where the electrical grid has been destroyed (among other things).
People have generators, but fuel is scarce as only a few refineries have been repaired.
The problem I have is with batteries.
In one section I have my MC's communicating with two-ways. I've just been reading online, and most people are reporting that a battery's shelf life is only five years. This is the standard alkaline, non rechargeable. Lithium rechargeable batteries last longer but twenty years?
If this is fact then I accept that. So I went onto youtube and onto wikipedia to see how batteries are made, and what they are made from.
The elements comprising it are all natural and have been used by humans for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
The dry cell battery itself, was invented and in mass production in the late 1800's
So the questions I'm asking are:
Would an alkaline or lithium battery last twenty years untouched?
If not, would it be plausible for humans devoid of an electrical grid, to make them for themselves?
Much thanks for any help from people much wiser than I.