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Old 07-14-2008, 01:20 PM   #94 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Etoile View Post
I paid for mine by myself too...batteries are not nearly as expensive as gas though! I got about a year's worth of batteries for $20...can't get a year's worth of gas for that price!
I would worry about battery prices, at least in the near future. Current battery technology is based on zinc, and unfortunately we're about to approach a really bad global zinc shortage:

Record zinc prices on global shortage
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