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edf55476 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Not necessarily. You can't refine your own oil but you can catch your own photons.
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NVK | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Good luck doing that outside of equatorial parallels and powering more than a fridge.

You can't heat on solar.
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TBH | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Captain Obvious: when you need heat, it’s because there isn’t enough sun.
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NVK | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ooooo, how we solar in cold places....
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edf55476 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Combine with hydro potential batteries and you have a pretty potent off-grid setup. Arrays are dirt cheap and very reliable these days. 

I personally wouldn't get an electric car since I don't have my own infra and I don't want to be reliant on terrible public charging infra (among other reasons).

But it's not as clearcut as you suggest. For different people in different circumstances, EV may make more sense than ICE.

E.g. country with no oil production/processing and unreliable import, within/near tropics.
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edf55476 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Also applies to general power demands in house, just transport.
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edf55476 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 *not just transport