The pedals seemed like the bigger contributor, I just added the other for a few percent.

Do most e-bikes not charge from the pedals? Combine that with regenerative coasting/braking, and this isn’t really that dumb. Like yeah, obviously thermodynamics, but an E-bike with pedal charging isn’t a closed system.

The cartoons I watched as a kid were deliberately gross and ugly looking.

Yeah it really seems like her takeaway isn’t “My husband is a loser for not constantly getting certs” but rather “Maybe my drive to get these certs is a symptom of insecurity”.