That’s me - that video summarized my dissertation work. I did some follow-on modeling work using neural ODEs that’s pretty neat, too: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0063624
Energy density, ease of transport, robustness, and all sorts of other considerations dominate in an environment that is very hostile. Aside from nuclear power (which we will never get) the future is pretty bleak for us still when compared to the diverse technology available in more "normalcy climates.