Li-poly
Rather than Li-ion was starting to take off shortly before I left that scene. They seemed to be much better than previous Li-ion cells in just about every way. Only real drawback is that you have to be pretty careful with the way you charge them (fires and exploding cells...)

Personally though I reckon we should embrace hydrogen fuel cells and work on more sustainable ways of generating energy and minimising our energy requirements (tidal power and some of the technology involved with zero and negative carbon homes looks very promising to me).

Even if it turns out the man is having no impact on global warming it (causing or accelerating) it'd be nice to have sources of energy that don't rely on expendable resources.
( Captain V, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 11:31, Reply)