[R-390] storage

[Scott, Barry (Clyde B)]

Finally.  An explanation I can understand!

Barry(III) - N4BUQ


On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:51:57 -0800 "Bob Tetrault" <rstetrault@attbi.com>
writes:
> I've gotta chime in here about putting batteries on a concrete floor. 
> ...valence trail...
> Call me stupid, but tell me why, and be "scientific."
> 
> Bob

The concrete has sand, limestone and Portland cement.
The Grand Coulee Dam is near Portland, and because
so much power (electrons) is sent from there to other
places around the Pacific Northwest, it leaves a "vacuum"
of electrons, or negative charge in Portland. The electrons
in the Portland cement hear the call for additional troops
of electrons to return to defend their Motherland, and
they do so via earth path. Since the battery is sitting on
the concrete, it was inevitable that successive generations
of Portland Cement Stormtroopers would evolve a means
of piercing the case, or somehow sublimating the charge
of the battery directly into the Portland cement for
further dispatch.

The Grand Coulee Dam was finished during WW2, and
it took about a decade for the electrons to be drained
from the 12 million or so cubic yards of concrete within
that structure. It was not until the mid '50s that people
started to see the sinister consequences of placing their
batteries on concrete floors, but by that time it was too
late...legions of garage floors had already infested the
burgeoning new suburban developments, and our fate
was sealed.

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