[sanderjd]

> But I think it is much less likely to occur

You think. The point of gathering data and studying it is to attempt to replace our animal-brain intuitions with real evidence.

I honestly haven't looked into the evidence on this enough either way, since I haven't yet seriously researched purchasing an electric vehicle.

But I know that I have a big tank of gasoline sitting directly underneath a portion of my childrens' rooms, and a big pipe of methane running into my basement running to a couple little tiny flames that are always lit and sometimes turned into a big blue flame to heat the household's air, or a slightly smaller fire to heat its water.

I trust these clearly dangerous things to be safe enough, but I haven't ever researched the evidence on the safety of these either. The only difference is that I've always lived with these dangers without ever really thinking about them; they're just part of the water I swim in.

One day EV batteries will be no different. It's rational for novel dangers to receive more scrutiny than old ones, but new things become old before long.

[fragmede]

It's worse than that! You (well, I'm guessing, I don't actually know you) have this wire just bringing foreign ideas, and crazy people's written thoughts, from all over the world, and you pipe them straight into your brain, with no helmet on. And this happens right next to your kids! You're a mad man!

[pid-1]

Are you worried about wires? Wait until I tell you about invisible electromagnetic radiation.

[sanderjd]

Too true!