Pollution: Sodium-Sulphur Battery

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

148

Date Released

1974

Length of issue (in feet)

491

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: As production increases on the one hand, we’ve realised that we can’t accept the pollution that increases on the other. This issue examines a few products of the latest growth industry: the anti-pollution business. Electric cars offer the ultimate solution to the problem of traffic pollution. But the big drawback is the weight and bulk of conventional batteries. The new sodium-sulphur battery gives ten times as much energy per unit weight, and is made from cheap and abundant materials.

Keywords

Vehicles; Science and technology; Pollution; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/148

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Peter Leslie

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