Electricity travels at almost the speed of light. It's there when there is a grid, and you turn the switch. The transport of oil and coal is somewhat laborious, though. Oil comes for the most part from politically unstable regions. The costs of the railway, road, channel, and pipeline networks were astronomical as well, and far more expensive mile for mile than electricity lines. There is no technical obstacle, and the political ones are the oil and coal industries. And the consumer who needs a grotesquely overpowered and overweight car for his ego.

Most people pay more for gas than for electricity, and the price increases for gas and diesel have been greater than for electricity for what, forever? Think what you could save if you were not forced to use gas.