Green policies: Sacre vert!
WHAT is small, French and green? President Nicolas Sarkozy, who proposed on Thursday September 10th a tax on carbon-emitting sources of fuel. If it goes ahead, 17 euros ($25) will be levied, initially, per tonne of carbon dioxide. Although France would not be the first country with a general carbon tax—Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway already have them—it would be the largest economy yet. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
France has shown the way with nuclear electricity. But due to the general crushing tax load including on gasoline everyone there is already driving an econobox. Maybe the government can drive them back to 1950 and bicycles.