> "As well intentioned as this law change is it will only make a hard job even harder. Battery cost, battery swaps and reparability, battery theft"

Yes, absolutely.

If we have any hope of reducing our impact on the planet, some parts of our lives are going to get less convenient / more expensive / harder / more time consuming. At least in the short term, switching away from burning dinosaur oil will be a little painful.

Our grandchildren will appreciate that we tried, rather than sitting around saying "it's too hard!"