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Re:Violence Escalates as France Scrambles to Respond to ‘Yel... by rdm_blackhole on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:00PM (#18579242)
Taxes on gasoline make up 50% of the price.

To pretend that the increase in taxes is there to help pay for renewable energies is a joke.

It's not a secret that the government is broke and looking to raise money any way it can.

It's trying to pass this tax increase as something that needs to be done to save the planet.

But they dont tax the fuel for tankers or airplanes so where is the logic?

It's not the little guy with his diesel car that does most of the damage to the environment.

Re:Violence Escalates as France Scrambles to Respond to ‘Yel... by JeanMarcS on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:05PM (#18579262)
> But they dont tax the fuel for tankers or airplanes so where is the logic?

Can they ? The only thing that will happen is no plane or tanker will buy fuel in France if it is not a decision made on an international level, no ?

Re:Violence Escalates as France Scrambles to Respond to ‘Yel... by daleco on Sunday December 02, 2018 @07:24AM (#18582034)
I think that planes refuel at each trip. They wouldn’t have the choice.
Re:Violence Escalates as France Scrambles to Respond to ‘Yel... by Tuxer on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:18PM (#18591941)
It is. 40% of french emissions are due to personal transportation (cars), 8% airplanes.