I was just reading the
www.toxco.com/ web site and was reminded at how careful you need to be with batteries, even if the battery it's self is stable you still have enough stored energy to power a car for many miles... just like any other fuel, short that battery and it creates heat, this is why Lithium batteries should be baned from air planes, the best way to recycle them is to freeze them then shred them this is part of why lead acid is so easy to deal with, to separate a lead acid battery you dump the acid out, filter it, crack the plastic case open, melt the lead down, lead is easy to deal with, I'm sure we will learn how to deal with lithium over time as well, but with it's advantages it has it's own draw backs.