There is a small, electric device that sits in a corridor at England's University of Oxford. It is known as the Oxford Electric Bell. It is a battery-driven device that has been operating continuously since 1840. Yes, the battery has lasted that long. So how do modern batteries compare? The...

Here at Pale Blue Earth, environmental responsibility is not a marketing ploy. We cannot imagine being that cynical. Rather, we talk about the eco-friendliness of our USB rechargeable batteries because we believe wholeheartedly in the concept of protecting the environment by changing the products we use. We encourage our customers...

We live in a disposable society and consumer culture. We purchase single-use alkaline batteries and then throw them in the trash after use. We use paper coffee cups and plastic stir sticks that ultimately wind up being tossed after just one use. Even the packaging our food comes in is...

We believe that rechargeable batteries are not only the wave of the future, they are the present as well. Our goal is to eventually see single-use batteries replaced entirely by rechargeables. We are doing our part by giving customers a high-quality alternative. To that end, we recently published a blog...

Back in the late 1990s, the world was grappling with the unknowns of a computer-driven society turning the page from 1999 to 2000. What was dubbed the 'Y2K' problem became a worldwide phenomenon and the impetus for a revived doomsday prepper movement. We now know that most of the Y2K...