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re Yellow Vests ‘Over a year, diesel prices have increased by 23 per cent and those of gasoline, by 15 per cent. These hikes [in prices] hit those who live in rural areas and who need energy not only for their cars, but for tractors if they are farmers, boats if they are fishermen, trucks for transporters, fuel for construction workers and for heating’, the journalist said… ’Concretely, expenses for energy have gone from 12 per cent per household in the 1960′s, to 30 per cent in 2018′, Bierre stressed... https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201811301070254065-macron-merkel-may-eu/

remember Obama saying:

“Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”

the Paris agreement is about a lot more than just electricity. give thanks President Trump has announced the US withdrawal, tho it is ridiculous it takes so long from his announcement for the withdrawal to take effect. just like Brexit takes forever - the UN/EU are not democratic institutions.