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Chevrolet is using old batteries to save … bats?
June 29, 2015
Chevrolet is using old batteries to save … bats?
Antonio Pasolini
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 12:30am
Human ingenuity and creativity never fail to surprise us. As some of us may be aware, not only are bees dying out in worrying numbers, but bats are also suffering due to increased levels of white noise.
Perhaps bats do not have the same cutesy image as other animals, but they are really important for ecological balance, besides having an intrinsic value as any sentient being. Bats can eat up to 5,000 insects per night, and as pollinators they play an important role in food crops. Pollinators are responsible for one-third of human food crops worldwide.
So, some clever folks at Chevrolet had a brilliant idea to re-purpose scrap Volt battery covers to protect bats.
The company has been building structures to protect bats for more than five years and more than 700 nesting boxes have been installed at its 40 wildlife habitat sites and on various public and private lands across the U.S. and Canada.
Read more at GreenBiz.
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