In a lot of climates houses need next to no heat. I've seen bananas growing in the Rockies with passive heating- ok the insulation and trick glass required cost a fortune but then it was a prototype.
Equally our personnel vehicles weigh a silly amount- two ton of steel to move lil old me (actually not as lil as I used to be)

Trucking is a real problem- nuclear derived electric trains anyone?

Solar PV- Israelis PV is way over 10 % closer to 30 at last check-

Solar Carnot/stirling cycle - if you have a good 'cold' end these are well over 50 %.

Wind- maybe but the materials science is not there - the new gearbox less gennies are good but the blades still have short lifetimes.

Wave power sucks- the gear gets smashed up and even when it works it leaves deoxygenated water behind it.

Tidal- works but is soooooo expensive. Nice if you already own a fjord though.

biofuel- sounds feasible but for some reason I get an uneasy feeling about it.

As I see it there is going to be a melange of technologies. Nukes will rule until al queda cracks one open.

Oh well back to the day job- looking for oil

Patmc