which saves energy-- rechargeable batteries or recycled disposable? #40 Earth's Energy Future

Subject:	which saves energy-- rechargeable batteries or recycled disposable? #40 Earth's Energy Future
Date:	Sat, 5 Dec 2009 23:41:38 -0800 (PST)

So I have a problem with Hawaii, the land that is the most rich, the
richest on Earth in terms of energy and
energy future since its geothermal could supply unlimited electricity.
But the problem is how to get it
to the centers of population?

The answer may lie in using the Hawaii geothermals
to produce electricity and then manufacture and recycle most of the
batteries in Hawaii.

Now this is a question I asked before, and am posting
to sci.chem. I had asked if anyone computed how much energy it takes
to recharge batteries rather than
to recycle lithium batteries and build a new disposable.

I hate rechargeable batteries for they fail quicker than lithium and
they are never as strong as lithium. So I have the hunch that
rechargeable batteries are wasteful
of energy. And that disposable lithium that is recycled
is the best way to go.

I found this information:

--- quoting website ---
http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2009/20090035.html

The first step in the recycling process is to remove residual
electricity from larger, more reactive batteries. Then the batteries
continue recycling following Toxco=92s patented cryogenic process and
are cooled to minus 325 degrees F (-198 C). ( Lithium, although
normally explosively reactive at room temperature, is rendered
relatively inert at this low temperature.) Once frozen, the batteries
are then safely sheared/shredded and the materials are separated.
Metals from the batteries are collected and sold. The lithium
components are separated and converted to lithium carbonate for
resale. Hazardous electrolytes are neutralized to form stable
compounds and residual plastic casings and miscellaneous components
are recovered for appropriate recycling or scrapping. If the batteries
contain cobalt this is also recovered for reuse.
--- end quoting website ---

The above website also said that the recycle plant
used alot of remotely controlled robots. And that means alot of
electricity. So I propose that Hawaii be the site where all the
world's lithium is recycled
since Hawaii has this huge amount of geothermal electricity from
Volcanoes. And then ship the batteries
around the world.

Archimedes Plutonium
www.iw.net/~a_plutonium
whole entire Universe is just one big atom
where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies