I know exactly one family that lives off the grid. I also know exactly one family that lives entirely on solar panels and batteries. It shouldn't be a surprise

I know exactly one family that lives off the grid. I also know exactly one family that lives entirely on solar panels and batteries. It shouldn't be a surprise that they are the same family, solar is really the only electricity generation solution that scales down nicely for remote places. Solar fails at high power density applications, like airplanes, not remote ones. I suppose it also fails at "remote and north of the arctic circle/south of the antarctic circle" ones, but that's a pretty tiny rounding error of energy usage.