If I were building off grid, I think I'd do away with fossil fuels completely. /Maybe/ a small gas generator(I already have) in case shit gets really squirrely, but otherwise, I think I could do everything with solar and wood. I'd have an outdoor wood cooking station for summer. In winter, a a wood cooking stove would also heat the house.
That's more or less my goal when I do my off grid build, everything will be electric, and I'll only have generator for topping up batteries as needed as in winter we don't get much light. Solar panels have gotten so cheap now so I'll just do like a 20kw system eventually that way in winter I might still get like 1-2kw out of it.
Even the heat will be electric but will also have a wood stove, the electric heat is mostly going to be focused to keeping pipes from freezing. I'm actually planing a small build this year specifically for water storage/supply, but I will build a bit bigger than needed so it doubles as a place to sleep and probably even a basic bathroom and shower. A warm place to sleep and ability to take a shower will make overnight trips a bit more pleasant which will make it easier to do more overnight trips to get more done. Did a tent a few weeks ago and froze lol. More than 2 nights of that in a row starts to get miserable. I'd love to be setup so I can do a whole week comfortably.
The newer wood stoves are super efficient. Hear of people burning like 10 cords a year which is nuts. I burned like maybe 1 last year in my new stove and most of it was poplar, which burns fast. Mind you I was not using the wood stove 100%, only when I was home. Saved a lot in natural gas though, dropped my bill down by around $100/mo.
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