Comment by cdblades

> considering their saftey risks

The safety risks are marginal and you interact with plenty of other things/systems daily that are at least as dangerous.

> here are safer battery chemestries that aren't quite as energy-dense ^ that's the answer.

> But phones and laptops were capable-enough 15 years ago They absolutely weren't.

> we sufficed just fine on the performance of last-decade's mobile devices. I don't want to suffice.

All that said, I do think battery research is probably one of the most important things "we" can be doing (and energy storage in general), so I'm all about putting in the money and time to find improvements.