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Please don't forget increased reliance on natural gas from Russia. Uranium is so abundant, it does not give anyone any power in negotiations. But fossil fuel h

• Kuinox 6y ago
  Sadly there is no uranium in France.
  • qayxc 6y ago
    That's a false statement. There's enough uranium in France - it's just not cheap uranium and open pit mines in Africa are more economical. Additionally, France never had to even prospect for uranium ore, as incidentally many of their former colonies had plenty of potential for cheap open pit mining using cheap local workers.... For reference, just a few hundred kilometres east of their border, East Germany was the third largest uranium producer in the world and there's no geological reason why France should be devoid of it.
    • Kuinox 6y ago
      Yes, sorry, that not commercialy viable to get this uranium. > Additionally, France never had to even prospect for uranium ore But this is false. (There is no english link sorry for that). https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/UraMin https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/UraMin
      • qayxc 6y ago
        > But this is false. (There is no english link sorry for that). https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/UraMin https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/UraMin Context! They never had to prospect in France - I thought hat was clear, but apparently it wasn't. Sorry for the confusion. Edit: after reading the article I'm more confused - that's not even a French company - it's Canadian...
        • Kuinox 6y ago
          Oh, didn't understood you this way. This Canadian company got bought by Areva.