This is my big worry about the move towards renewable power: it seems to involve simultaneously making everyone entirely reliant on electricity for critical ne

This is my big worry about the move towards renewable power: it seems to involve simultaneously making everyone entirely reliant on electricity for critical needs like heating, cooking and transport which were often powered by at least partially grid-independent (but CO2-emitting) sources, at the same time as making grid power less reliable. A battery might be enough to keep a primarily fossil-fueled furnace up and running but they're meant to be going away. Also, peak power demand is absolutely going to be in the middle of a really nasty cold snap in parts of the world that require heavy use of heating.