You are damn right about that. More distributed access to everything from energy to food would be super awesome. That would substantially decrease transportation costs over time.

Sure thing, I could mostly get on board with that.

Still won't eliminate the need for better energy storage technology. And of course, unless people just never go further than a mile from their house, some sort of transportation infrastructure will be necessary.

One thing I don't see a whole lot of people talking about is the major EV and renewable energy bottleneck: batteries.

If we truly want to see a revolution in EVs and renewables, we NEED batteries with a higher specific energy, and one that can be constructed without conflict minerals or elements that are readily available.