Hypothesis: the development of batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels, combine to make it less necessary to live near to large population centers. There wa

Hypothesis: the development of batteries, wind turbines, and solar panels, combine to make it less necessary to live near to large population centers. There was a time when the mill needed to be near a source of running or falling water, and then later fossil fuels made that unnecessary, and industrial production moved to different places. Batteries + wind/solar might have a similar impact, making islands (and other remote places) have less of a disadvantage then before. Just a thought I had, which I have given about 90 seconds' consideration to. Might be wrong.