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i am aware they aren't used as batteries in the smoke alarm. I was referring to the part of the gp's comment that radioactive batteries were eternal batteries d
by smegger001 2y ago
i am aware they aren't used as batteries in the smoke alarm. I was referring to the part of the gp's comment that radioactive batteries were eternal batteries destined to be horrible radioactive e-waste that far outlive the device they are built in. I was pointing out we already have radioactive elements in widespread use in home electronics and that they weren't "eternal batteries"
- throwaway5752 2y agoI got the sense you knew that. It was just ambiguous in your post and I was clarifying for anyone that might have misread it in the way that I did. No offense intended. It is interesting and I wish I were more of an expert in this area to be able to evaluate the claims in the article made by parties with commercial interests in the topic. I have a sense that the amount of Am-241 in smoke detectors would be many orders of magnitude smaller than in batteries.