Sure but as long as there is a least one dedicated bearded dude hidden in a dark underground room behind his screen, they will be defeated. No matter how much they spent on the new technology. What I mean is that devs might burn out, they will still be replaced by others. And we get such people faster than youtube is able to burn them out
Energy is expensive in France because we are legally forced by european regulation to sell at those prices. Our energy is the least expensive to produce