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Q&A: Is it true that car batteries need to be changed more often if you live in a super hot climate?

Question: Is it true that car batteries need to be changed more often if you live in a super hot climate?
I just moved from New York City to Palm Springs, California where summer temperatures can hit 110+ for a prolonged period of time. I have heard that I will need to replace the battery in my car every two years or so because of the extreme heat. Is this true? Is there anything else I should know about keeping the car in good condition in such a hot climate?

Thank you!

Answer:

Answer by italianpanther7
Yes that is true but a good car battery should be changed every 4 years

Should I start a company that deals with natural energy and the disposal of hazardous waste to the environment?

Natural energy such as selling and installing solar panels, selling eco friendly materials, and setting and picking up recycling bins. For waste collecting collect things such as batteries or anything else bad for the environment. ALSO, I live on a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean the is about 30 miles long.

How does the trash I throw away hurts the environment?

I never recycle. I throw away paper, soda cans, water bottles, and batteries. I use disposable plates, cups, and silverware. When? I bake stuff in the over, I use these aluminum pans that is used just once and then you toss them in the trash. I hate washing dishes Sometimes I toss out 5 or 6 bags of trash a week. I don’t think that the trash I throw away is going to harm the environment.

Enivormental Issues in Bay Area?

Does anyone know any enviormental issues in the Bay Area(California)? We are doing a year long project on it, we need 25 hours of commuinty serivces associted with this project with a supervisor and it needs to be something done about this enviromental topic issue.
So far Littering, Water Pollution, Batteries, Recyling, Invasive Plants has been taken.
The topics we need to choose should be something I can do about it in a local place.(If so where)

Why do people think that electric cars will reduce air pollution?

If we’re talking about conventional electric cars that have to be plugged in, you have to consider how that electricity is being generated. The majority of power plants in this country are COAL-POWERED. If we all had electric cars, we wouldn’t have any exhaust coming out of the cars, but there would be a lot more coal being burned to generate the electricity to charge the cars’ batteries. So how does that reduce pollution?