I guess if you are planning to live in the dark, walk everywhere, not eat or do anything but live off the land in the wilderness, than you may have a point.
i live in nyc, i walk most places, and when i drive my gf's car is electric, hell i even charge that for free at the park at the chargers ment for the park staff.
90% of my food comes from locally sourced csa boxes. What can i say, i'm middle class fancy. I can deal with paying a little more for power