OK Ill chime in on this
of course one can live off the grid its not that easy and its fairly expensive
but with solar panels and batteries you can easily do it
they need to have a back up generator for the dead of winter in general but it works fine
I mean and we can easily get there its just its not gonna happen by government mandate
Best case scenario is he just threw up some solar panels and just have no more electric bill and use the utility is your battery
Of course we do need utilities yes we do need centralize power plants yes we do need a electrical distribution system with transformers and substations yes of course
No fossil fuels used to mine resources and manufacture these devices?