Tech turning point
From what I've gathered in the past couple of years, I honestly think both solar panels and electric cars are nearing a "turning point" where they're going to take off like cell phones did.
Getting transportation onto electricity is a big piece of the energy-independence puzzle. Nuclear becomes even more attractive under those circumstances, and a growing solar infrastructure could create a decentralized power system that, in combination with conventional centralized power, would be much more robust than our current system.