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We could of course have get off of fossil fuels entirely; that would eliminate the need for this kind of war and the consequent crises that follow.
I generally remcommend staying grid-attached. Wind is only really cost-effective when done with quite large turbines, and the addition of both wind and the ability to take advantage of distant sunshine mean far less storage is needed to achieve the kind of reliability people are used to.