I've got pressurized natural gas lines into my basement and running to my hot water heater, to my furnace, and to my stove. These appliances actually release and burn that gas, sometimes only a foot or two away from me.
It's kind of crazy, if you think about it. I barely know a thing about how these work and why they are safe. I just pay professionals to show up and install or maintain the things--and that happens very rarely. No one has looked at my stove or water heater since the home inspection years ago.
My point is, there are seemingly risky technologies all around us, which we ignore out of familiarity. I'm not going to buy the very first Tesla battery--I'm not an early adopter in general--but I see no reason to reject lithium-ion battery technology entirely. I mean, I press a small lithium-ion battery directly against my head on a regular basis, with only a thin sheet of glass to protect me.
It's kind of crazy, if you think about it. I barely know a thing about how these work and why they are safe. I just pay professionals to show up and install or maintain the things--and that happens very rarely. No one has looked at my stove or water heater since the home inspection years ago.
My point is, there are seemingly risky technologies all around us, which we ignore out of familiarity. I'm not going to buy the very first Tesla battery--I'm not an early adopter in general--but I see no reason to reject lithium-ion battery technology entirely. I mean, I press a small lithium-ion battery directly against my head on a regular basis, with only a thin sheet of glass to protect me.