[MNJohnnie]

From the context of his comments I took him to be talking about autos.

[hellbender]

He thinks high oil prices will force us to "get serious about alternative energy andget U.S. automakers to really innovate. So he's not just talking about cars.

"France derives over 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy. This is due to a long-standing policy based on energy security. France is the world's largest net exporter of electricity due to its very low cost of generation, and gains over EUR 3 billion per year from this. France has been very active in developing nuclear technology. Reactors and fuel products and services are a major export."

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf40.html