The problem with Net Zero is that countries like the UK and Germany (both former nuclear leaders) traded energy sovereignty for dependency on China in an ideological race to go Green. Assume you could go completely Green without nuclear? The entire hardware supply chain for green energy (solar panels, batteries, wind turbines) is Chinese-dominated. China controls over 80% of every manufacturing stage in solar: polysilicon, wafers, cells, modules. In batteries, CATL and BYD together hold over 55% of the global EV battery market. In wind, Chinese manufacturers took the top four global positions in 2024, the first time Western firms have ever been shut out of the top three. And the raw material underpinning all of it? China refines over 80% of the world’s lithium, cobalt, and graphite. Even on nuclear: as we see with Hinkley, the UK can’t build a reactor without Chinese money and expertise. And China is building nuclear faster than anyone. They have 33 reactors under construction right now. The irony: while EU leaders lecture on saving the planet, China will go further and faster on clean energy than any European nation. It has strategic reasons to diversify away from fossil fuels, and the industrial capacity to act on them. In 2024 alone, China added 277 GW of solar to its grid, more than the entire cumulative installed capacity of the United States. It has already built enough panel manufacturing capacity to meet global demand through 2032. A single province (Xinjiang) produces 40% of the world’s polysilicon. The lesson is brutal. Decarbonise without owning your supply chain and you don’t become a clean energy leader. You become a vassal state. This is much more than “go woke, go broke.” It’s a surrender of national sovereignty.