And moving to renewable energy sources will inevitably bring down costs and make it so if a tornado/hurricane/earthquake takes some power lines down a giant chunk of houses won't all lose power, many of those houses will be able to keep refrigerators and necessities up until backup power from the grid gets restored.

Half the oceans ships are moving fossil fuels from place to place, so you can cut that tenfold... Making cleaner healthier ecosystems in both cities/towns and for the earth in general.