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Only 14% of national energy use is automotive. Even a 50% improvement here (impossible) means only a 7% reduction in national energy use, kind of a "nothing-burger" IMHO.
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Saving@Home needs more attention. The only post there in the last year was about Elon Musk living in a tiny house. I've always thought if I bought into a quarter-million dollar house (the going rate?), that it should shelter me, feed me and put folding money in my pocket. Would you like to know more?
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Mankind must make safe, then embrace and love nuclear power if we are to avoid a dark future.
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The dark future is inexorable. The only question is whether society can marshal it's resources and get interplanetary ASAP. That's why I like Thorium. One could loft a cold reactor and use the acceleration to jump-start it after
Max q.