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PostIcon Posted on: Dec. 30 2009,10:18   Ignore posts   QUOTE

... by the French.  Ol' Nicky Sarkozy wanted to put a tax on using fossil fuels & the like because ...

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Promoting his new green credentials last month in the run-up to the Copenhagen climate change conference, Mr Sarkozy said: "This carbon tax has one objective – to force you to change your behaviour toward fossil fuels. Without fiscal pressure like this, nothing will change and it will be our children who pay the price."


Yeah, because keeping prices artificially high will solve everything.


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