Yup, strapping ourselves and the kids into mini Hydrogen bombs just to keep Greta happy. And the amount of energy required to safely extract it renders the process pretty stupid in the first place, unless there are massive breakthroughs in production methodology.
The amount required to upgrade the grid to support massive uptake of EVs would make HS2 seem like a bargain. And we don't have the money to do it anyway as we are not Norway. It's just a government saying what it thinks the Millennials want to hear, knowing they will be on the beach when 2035 comes so they can say anything.
Yet again, the sentiment is correct but the focus is in the wrong place. The largest contributor to emissions is shipping, perhaps spend some billions on how to handle that. It's so much easier for the militant brigade to chastise their friends and neighbours, much more difficult to pressure the true contributors.
I wonder when we will see politicians with the Kahunas required to tell the truth and focus the efforts on the actual issues, not the convenient targets.