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France to ban all oil, gas production by 2040
Daily Mail UK ^ | 12/20/2017 | Tariq Tahir

Posted on 12/20/2017 6:28:57 AM PST by crusty old prospector

Move is a world first but largely symbolic as France imports most oil and gas It produces 815,000 tonnes of oil per year, same as Saudi Arabia in few hours President Macron wants France to be at the forefront of switch from fossil fuels France will also stop the sale of petrol and diesel engine cars by 2040 France's parliament has approved a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040, both within the country and its overseas territories.

In what is a world first, under the new law, all existing drilling permits will not be renewed and no new exploration licenses will be granted.

The move is largely symbolic as France imports most of its oil and gas, only extracting the equivalent of about 815,000 tonnes of oil per year, an amount produced in a few hours by Saudi Arabia.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; gas; oil
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This is laughable. It is the equivalent of Nebraska banning shrimp fishing. Or Jamaica banning snow skiing.
1 posted on 12/20/2017 6:28:57 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Red Badger

Ping.


2 posted on 12/20/2017 6:30:06 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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“The French government claims the ban is a world first. However, it is largely symbolic since oil and gas produced in France accounts for just 1 percent of domestic consumption. The rest is imported.”


3 posted on 12/20/2017 6:31:50 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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Move is a world first but largely symbolic as France imports most oil and gas.

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Let’s see them ban consumption, which would mean more for the rest of us.


4 posted on 12/20/2017 6:31:57 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: crusty old prospector

Bowing to their Saudi masters.


5 posted on 12/20/2017 6:32:51 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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This should be the headline

France to be a Third World Country by 2040.

6 posted on 12/20/2017 6:34:09 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: crusty old prospector
EMPs should be more available then.

7 posted on 12/20/2017 6:34:25 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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The French will soon see Macron as the total idiot he is..................


8 posted on 12/20/2017 6:34:25 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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As France descends into cultural disintegration, civil unrest and poverty, not one brave young American and not one American tax dollar should be sent to save them.


9 posted on 12/20/2017 6:34:55 AM PST by allendale (.)
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To: crusty old prospector

Will they be able to make candles?


10 posted on 12/20/2017 6:35:45 AM PST by Woodman
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Their candles will be made from Soylent Green.


11 posted on 12/20/2017 6:36:40 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Moonman62

I didn’t see that they were banning the import of gas, either (for consumption, to your point)


12 posted on 12/20/2017 6:36:57 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: crusty old prospector

"Mon Dieu! Nous sommes tellement stupides!"
13 posted on 12/20/2017 6:37:05 AM PST by \/\/ayne (-.. .-. .. -. -.- / -- --- .-. . / --- .-.. ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .)
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Has anybody told Total, SA?


14 posted on 12/20/2017 6:37:15 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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By 2040 Franistan will be just another caliphate colony and the white formerly make believe Christians will have no say in anything so who are they kidding?


15 posted on 12/20/2017 6:37:19 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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By 2040 Franistan will be just another caliphate colony and the white formerly make believe Christians will have no say in anything so who are they kidding?


16 posted on 12/20/2017 6:37:19 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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ROTFL! The Frenchies are really gonna be pissed in 2040.


17 posted on 12/20/2017 6:39:59 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (2017 - The year the liberals' "sexual revolution" strikes back!)
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No shortage of white flags, eh ?


18 posted on 12/20/2017 6:40:12 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Given that France will be Francistan by then, won’t matter. Third world countries use much less petroleum, devoting their time to chasing sheep and goats.


19 posted on 12/20/2017 6:40:19 AM PST by Da Coyote
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This is laughable. It is the equivalent of Nebraska banning shrimp fishing. Or Jamaica banning snow skiing.

Or any nation banning corrupt stupid politicians.

20 posted on 12/20/2017 6:42:13 AM PST by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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