The impact of a battery on society and the environment?

Answer 1

a battery? insignificant impact on any society or environment

batteries in general
huge impact on society, all sorts of things are better, easier, safer, because of batteries

cell phones would be impossible without good batteries

the list of things with batteries in them is endless

electric cars are a reality because of improvements in battery technology, with additional improvements they may become more useable

as for the impact on the environment, to answer that I would have to know which environment you are refering to

like most things, batteries improve some enviroments for some species and might have negative effects on some enviroments

cadmium batteries require cadmium mines which are probably not good for whatever was living there before people started digging up the cadmium

electric cars might improve the air quality in some places

if I have a flashlight, the environment of a deep dark cave is much improved from my perspective

Answer 2

Batteries are good for society and bad for the enviroment. They allow for portable energy whick makes lots of things possible such as an iPod or a Car. batteries are full of chemicals that don't breakdown very easily as well as very BASIC (the extreme opposite of an acid) liquides that can do real harm when they come into contact with organic tissue.