Germany is not regretting shutting down its nuclear plants at all. Scholz called it a dead horse last year and said the decision was made a long time ago, and i

Germany is not regretting shutting down its nuclear plants at all. Scholz called it a dead horse last year and said the decision was made a long time ago, and it's time to move on. They gave the world a blueprint with the Energiewende, and the world is jumping on that train. I think it's a very exciting time. There is no energy independence with nuclear. Most of the uranium comes in the world comes from Kasachstan. The only two countries with relevant production that are democratic are Canada and Australia. The rest is Usbekistan, Niger, Russia. There was a coup in Niger last year and the first thing the military regime announced was they stop selling uranium to France. At a time when the western world has shut its ties to Russia, France is still heavily dependent on Russia to supply uranium. The sun shines and the wind blows everywhere. France doesn't actually power itself because it doesn't have enough. Last winter was the first winter since there are data (since 2014) that it didn't depend on Germany for imports because their heating is mostly electric, but there's not enough capacity in the winter. I think overall they are in a world of pain, Macron announced I think 6 new plants, but it took them 20 years to finish the prototype in Flamanville. By the time the new ones are finished they will have dozens of old ones waiting to be decomissioned. And they announced enormous investments in the upcoming years so that the old ones even make it that far. So a lot of money to kick the bucket down the road.