Ah, the Luddites...
"I'll quit riding if I have to ride some pussy electric bike. They don't go far and cost a lot and you have to constantly replace expensive battery packs! It'll never make sense!"
See also: "I'll never ride a four-stroke."
See also: "Fuel injection is the work of the devil, and I'll never ride something that's fuel-injected."
See also: "Traction control and ABS!? What am I, some kind of pussy that can't ride!?"
I got my son one of those OSET electric trails bikes and modded it a bit to fit more like an enduro. It's a relatively simple, primitive, tiny thing, and yet I'm blown away by how awesome it is. Not only is it objectively better than any of the gas bikes it competes against in just about every way, but it's even insane fun for an adult to ride (funny looking, though...). And this having just a simple three pot controller, air-cooled repurposed tool motor, and lead acid batteries. It's so fun to ride that I can't wait until I can afford one that's big enough for me!
There are engineering and/or infrastructure issues still to be overcome before electric motorcycles, at least, are a mainstream option (I think the four-wheeled options are already there and hope to have one by year's end), but development is happening, and it's not going to be long. Concerns about battery pack lifespan are already nothing but FUD. Modern EV packs last well over 100K miles before seriously degrading. Meaning they'll save you something like twice their cost (at current pricing) in fuel spending over the life of the pack. Meaning the pack pays for itself and then some, even if it doesn't last as long as an ICE (although I'd challenge you to show me a modern sportbike engine that's going to last 100K miles without at least an expensive rebuild or two). Gasoline prices will return to normal and then climb some more, while economies of scale will make even current battery tech get cheaper and cheaper (hence 200+ mile cars for $37K by the end of the year). And with the pack paying for itself, the near-zero-maintenance motor is jut a bonus.
A 200 mile, 450 pound, $20K sportbike that can rapid-recharge--plus greatly improved infrastructure to facilitate the recharging--is coming, and I wouldn't bet on it taking longer than five or six years to be possible. At this point, it's not going to be about bullshit labels like being "green" or "responsible" or whatever: It's going to be THE bike to buy because it's objectively better. More torque, more direct feel, better control, and much cheaper to own.
In the meantime, I'm hoping I can keep running my modified R1 at the racetrack without the EPA coming down on me...