Battery costs for EVs has dropped >90% since 2012. Batteries are not why they are overpriced.

There isn’t enough lithium available on this planet to power a technological civilization.

of course there is, and everyone is assuming lithium won’t be recycled.

Lithium is everywhere. It’s just no one gave a shit until recently.

Any battery holding kilowatts of energy is a fire hazard. Pretty sure a gas furnace is a fire hazard.

I 200% agree with this.

But what about videos of people farting?

These are fucking motorcycles.

Helmet studies typically have a bias for or against from the start. The reality is wearing a helmet is always safer, and would save lives of pedestrians and car drivers. However, making cycling as easy as walking means no helmet laws. In Netherlands, helmeted riders have more injuries because they tend to be the riders on expensive road race bikes going considerably faster in car traffic.