We are In full agreement that the 2035 goal is ridiculous. I do think you overestimate the cost of solar though. I installed a 2kw array 5kwhr storage 3 kw inverter for under 10000 dollars us. Heating is by wood, no ac, full fridge, water pump, all light and comms. The system can be expanded to 3kw of solar. A good third of that was electrical and regulation. You could go the guerrilla solar route but I don't do that. So in that scenario you shrink your prefab home by 100 square ft ($250/sq ftX 100 = $25000) the solar costs are covered and you never have an electrical bill..
There could be shortages in the winter time but a $300 generator can run for 2 hours a day to make up for any lack.
As for nukes; Ontario is proposing a new massive 4500 Mega watt plant. Cost wise it would be less expensive to give every household 30000 of solar and storage then to build the thing... but of course that is not on the table.
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