Using those pixels, in this economy?

Flatpacks

Are you part Dwarf?

Battery performance quickly degrades in cold conditions. In the Arctic circle, you could have lots of sun during the summer but it still wouldn’t make sense to deploy batteries. The people who live there are already dependent on gasoline.

off-grid photovoltaic panels

Solar to gas, not grid to gas. Gasoline is easier to store and transport than batteries. There are places that batteries don’t make sense but still have lots of sun. I think this could be useful, and if it’s using CO2 from the atmosphere and solar power then it’s not contributing to global warming.

Good, people need to stop visiting, it isn’t safe here

A good car comes with a 10 year warranty, but there are 20-30 year old cars on the road. Even older if you include collector classics.

Not sure where you’re based, but if you’re in the US and willing to travel to Portland, OR, Crary Shoes is one of the last remaining custom orthotic cobbler. It was about $1,500 for a pair of custom shoes, but they should last for a lifetime with proper care and occasional resoleing.

Didn’t they already investigate and find that China was running a secret police force out of their embassy to enforce Chinese doctrine on the diaspora? Now they want more?