HP and Boston Power have just released their new Enviro Series notebook battery. The environmentally-friendly laptop battery battery has a steep price at $150. Will people cough a little extra dough on behalf of the environment in the current economic climate? HP seems to be is betting they will.

But based on the HP Enviro battery information, it’s boasting more than just using less power. It also claims to be the industry’s first battery that lasts three years and backs it up with a three-year warranty.

It will run for about four hours on a single charge and promises to fade much slower over time than a typical laptop battery.

Green gadgets and electronics have been hitting the market in droves lately. From solar-powered cell phones, to the latest MacBook which is claiming to be “the world’s greenest family of notebooks.”

A large part of the environmental future of our planet depends on consumers and how they vote with their dollars. Currently, according to Forrester Research, although two-thirds of consumer claim to decide on what they will buy with social responsibility in mind, only 18 percent say they are willing to spend extra for socially responsible products.

Hopefully that percentage will rise in the future, which if it hits a critical threshold, will make the mass production of green gadgets cheaper.