Eterna-battery

[migrated from myspace blog]

I just know that one day I’m going to wake up late and find my alarm clock dead, but I can’t bring myself to do anything about it. It’s been running on the same AAA battery for well over seven years. In fact, the battery reads, "Best if installed by Jan. 2002." Now logically, this battery is going to have to run out at some point. More likely it will be sooner rather than later, but if I change the battery now, I’ll never find out how far below the "E" I can go before the car stops, so to speak. Could an Indiglo travel alarm clock be so effecient that I’ll never have to change the battery?