Posted on 09/06/2017 6:55:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
France’s government has unveiled a law to ban all production and exploration of oil and natural gas by 2040 on the country’s mainland and overseas territories.
The move is largely symbolic, however, as France’s oil and gas production represents just 1 percent of national consumption — the rest is imported.
Current drilling permits will not be renewed, according to the bill formally presented in a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. France currently has 63 oil and gas drilling projects on its territory.
The ban, which the government claims is a world first, is part of a larger plan to wean the country’s economy from fossil fuels, encourage clean energy and fulfill France’s commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement to curb global warming.
French President Emmanuel Macron praised it as “an important step to fulfill our international commitments.” …
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I don’t recall anyone accusing the French of being smart.
France continues its long term slide into fail-and-stupid mode, extending at least as far back as their persecution and exile of the Protestant Huguenots ...
The entire country should vote to dig up and dump Paris into the Atlantic - France would become a much more sane and welcoming place, not for illegals, but for legal visitors who bring $$.
It will come back to bite you soon.
Surrender you monkeys
“I guess they’re going to give up plastics and petrochemicals, too?”
indeed. including lubricants, medicines, tires, and insulated wiring and electronics. oh yeah, and cement and steel and any product manufactured with electrically drive machinery. and fertilizer.
Political Correctness is stupid. Next they will stop building cars, or airplanes. Lets make France like some forth world nation. France is the new Chad. SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VOTED AGAINST Le Pen.
The French get a large portion of their electricity from nuclear plants. Will Macron close them down and litter the countryside with windmills and solar farms?
GE has the most onshore wind turbines installed in the US, but the majority are made foreign manufacturers.
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