I thought France generates most of its electric power from nuke?
It does. Most people use fossil fuels for motor transport.
The entire premise is insane. France putting more taxes on fossil fuels will not matter, even a tiny bit, compared to the amount of carbon China continues to put out. Not even in the models the climate alarmists use.
It is all just a power grab by the elites.
You can justify the power to rule every bit of society, with the climate change agenda.
It is like early god/kings saying they needed to be in power to make the sun rise!