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France passes law to ban all oil and gas production by 2040
France's parliament has approved a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040 within the country and its overseas territories. Under that law that passed a final vote on Tuesday, existing drilling permits will not be renewed and no new exploration licenses will be granted. 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.
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And in the meantime America transitions back to the horse and buggy.
Ahh the good ol days!
I assume France will soon have a lot of people riding bicycles and or walking.