Originally Posted by
onehundred80
Those white Varta batteries are superb, but I guess you never had one from new. 
I have one that was made when you were thirteen and it still worked fine when I took it out this past May. so much as you may not like it your experience is somewhat limited, but I too thought I knew everything at twenty one.
It is not calcium by the way.
Sulfuric acid and lead = lead sulphate.
(I looked it up again)
I was just going off of previous posts... The general consensus, from what I understood, was that they sucked. I now have the correct information. My experience is limited, my knowledge growing.... I do not pretend to know everything, I am only here to try and help. You obviously don't know me at all, that's ok though I'll sleep fine tonight.
And I'm sure you are correct, I never cared enough to research what, as much as how and how to get rid of it.