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The Global Carbon Tax Revolt
Wall Street Journal ^ | December 3, 2018

Posted on 12/04/2018 2:23:24 AM PST by reaganaut1

France’s violent Yellow Vest protests are now about many domestic concerns, but it’s no accident that the trigger was a fuel-tax hike. Nothing reveals the disconnect between ordinary voters and an aloof political class more than carbon taxation.

The fault line runs between anti-carbon policies and economic growth, and France is a test for the political future of emissions restrictions. France already is a relatively low-carbon economy, with per-capita emissions half Germany’s as of 2014. French governments have nonetheless pursued an “ecological transition” to further squeeze carbon emissions from every corner of the French economy. The results are visible in the Paris streets.

President Emmanuel Macron and his Socialist predecessor François Hollande targeted auto emissions because they account for about 40% of France’s carbon emissions from fuel combustion compared to 21% in Germany. But this is mainly because France relies heavily on nuclear power for electricity. Power generation and heating account for only 13% of French emissions, compared to 44% across the Rhine. French road-transport emissions were a mere 0.4% of global carbon emissions in 2016, when overall French emissions were less than 1%.

Yet Paris insists on cutting more, though transport emissions are notoriously hard to reduce. Cleaner engines or affordable hybrids have been slow to emerge. Undeterred, Mr. Macron pushed ahead with a series of punitive tax hikes to discourage driving.

The protesters in Paris will be expected to pay much of the up to €8 billion annual tab for a minuscule global benefit—that’s how much tax revenue Mr. Macron thinks his levies will raise. This is preposterous in an economy that still has an 8.9% jobless rate (21.5% for the young) and will struggle to hit 2% annual GDP growth. Yellow Vests from less prosperous rural areas, who depend on cars for daily life, know it.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carbon; carbontax; climate; climatechangefraud; communism; france; gasoline; gastax; globalwarming; hoax; progressives; propaganda; socialism; yellowjackets; yellowvests
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1 posted on 12/04/2018 2:23:24 AM PST by reaganaut1
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the EU utopia


2 posted on 12/04/2018 2:25:20 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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Are they following Trumps lead without knowing it? They gotta be leftists. That means they support this crap they’re rioting against.


3 posted on 12/04/2018 2:26:59 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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“Are they following Trumps lead without knowing it? “

I read that rioters where chanting, “We need Trump, we need Trump.”

People who have spent time in France told me that the rural French are decent, hard working and very pleasant. It’s the suburban’s who are the nasty layabout Leftists.


4 posted on 12/04/2018 2:33:56 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: reaganaut1

The protesters in Paris will be expected to pay much of the up to €8 billion annual tab for a minuscule global benefit

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The jackasses only care about the money. They could care less about the environment.


5 posted on 12/04/2018 2:39:16 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
There's a mix. Obviously a lot of the yellow vests voted against Macron. But the left wants chaos as always, and their antifa types have put on yellow vests and burned cars creating CO2. I saw some pictures with rioting Antifa types who were wearing antifa uniforms (balaclavas) and no vest.

The best way for the globalists to get to their goal is to create chaos in sovereign countries, whether France, US, or anywhere else. They want the pro-driving people to be rounded up and arrested, hence they will try to make them look like criminals.

In this country they want the right to all be labeled far right, starting with Trump. But Trump is normal and nationalist and keeps proving them wrong. We will not riot and burn cars but the left will do that and pretend to be far right. We have to be vigilant.

6 posted on 12/04/2018 2:45:38 AM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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They want a government that gives but does not take. That’s like asking for a dog that eats but doesn’t ****. All the taxes France charges for gas is just to punish them, nothing more. The money will go to refugees who give them nothing but their hate.


7 posted on 12/04/2018 2:51:08 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Gen.Blather

It’s the suburban’s who are the nasty layabout Leftists.


That seems to be a trend world wide.


8 posted on 12/04/2018 3:02:31 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Gen.Blather

the We want Trump video was from Britain. there were no yellow vests and the word “police”, not “gendarmes” was everywhere. note the replies:

France, on their way to becoming a 3rd world country chants. WE WANT TRUMP
https://twitter.com/HorseRacingCOO/status/1069438669562494976

that is not to say there aren’t people among the yellow-vests who like Trump. am sure plenty do wish they had a leader like him.


9 posted on 12/04/2018 3:10:13 AM PST by MAGAthon
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I think Trump is becoming the envy of the downtrodden world.

https://theblacksphere.net/2018/12/french-citizens-shock-leftists-with-chant-we-want-trump/


10 posted on 12/04/2018 3:18:59 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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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/
11 posted on 12/04/2018 3:22:18 AM PST by MAGAthon
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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.


12 posted on 12/04/2018 3:22:48 AM PST by MAGAthon
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To: Gen.Blather
I think Trump is becoming the envy of the downtrodden world.

The Left is all about screwing the downtrodden. It's what they do best. Trump offers hope to the downtrodden -- the Left hates him for that.

13 posted on 12/04/2018 3:23:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: reaganaut1

L8r


14 posted on 12/04/2018 3:23:46 AM PST by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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...But after decades of global conferences, forests of reports, dire television documentaries, celebrity appeals, school-curriculum overhauls and media bludgeoning, voters don’t believe that climate change justifies policies that would raise their cost of living and hurt the economy.
15 posted on 12/04/2018 3:46:22 AM PST by iowamark
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French government backed down and suspended the tax hikes.

Its a victory for the gillets jaunes after weeks of escalating protests.


16 posted on 12/04/2018 3:51:18 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: reaganaut1

Looks like the French government may be waving a white flag...

https://amp.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2018/12/04/25001-20181204ARTFIG00059-philippe-va-annoncer-un-moratoire-sur-la-hausse-de-la-taxe-sur-les-carburants.php

A moratorium on increases. Can’t wait to see the fine print. ..


17 posted on 12/04/2018 3:56:16 AM PST by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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Thanks for the outline tip.


18 posted on 12/04/2018 4:04:35 AM PST by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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To: reaganaut1

Thanks for the article and the Outline tip.


19 posted on 12/04/2018 4:05:12 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets ......)
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To: mewzilla

The fine print: the moratorium is temporary.

My bet: It’s only there until the French government can get laws in place to infringe on the right to protest/assemble.


20 posted on 12/04/2018 4:06:59 AM PST by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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