> 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

> 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.