I think hydrogen is the future because it stores a lot of energy so a vehicle can travel further, refuels faster so time at a filling station mid-trip is reduced, is usable in very cold climates, and doesn't lose its charge if left in storage for a year.

A member of my family, who lives in a warmer climate, found that he can't rely on an electric car for long trips, so he has two cars. He can afford and has parking space for two cars.

I also have a family member in Vancouver who has a hybrid car, but each house in his neighborhood is on a 25 foot lot, and many people have renters, so there are about two cars per house. He can't park in front of his house to recharge his car.

I've been looking at heat pumps. They have a 3 to 1 efficacy over electric heat in warm weather, but break even about -10 C. I've worked on a few and they have one thing in common - back-up electric heat. A lot of back up electric heat. More than almost every home electrical service can handle, unless it already has electric heat. Your electrical service isn't big enough. The power lines aren't big enough. The transformers aren't big enough. Your future nuclear power plant isn't big enough.

Putting money into a nuclear power plant seems, to me, to be short term thinking that won't be usable for 10 years when it will be too late. Solar panels could be usable this year and the electric demand is now.

Moe is just delaying the inevitable for political reasons.