7 million tonnes oil equivalent Mtoe in 2009

August 20, Jean-Louis Borloo announced proudly that "the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is accelerating at a spectacular rate, 4 for 2009 alone, a reduction of 10.3 from 1990 to 2009". Bravo! But how is this brilliant result

Not on nuclear power, since its production fell from 7.7 million tonnes oil equivalent (Mtoe in 2009). This lack to produce known carbon-free energy should have cost us between 12 and 25 Mt of CO2! Then, the renewable The wind grew 35 in 2009, but in absolute value than 2.1 terawatt hours (TWh). It is far offset the fall in production of hydraulics, 6.5 TWh in 2009. The production of all of the renewable increased by 0.3 Mtoe, what does explain that a fall of 1 Mt of CO2!

A consumption unchanged, we should have emit more CO2 than in 2008. It is therefore in energy consumption, that we must seek the explanation.The observed decline in emissions by 10 focuses on the years 2008-2009. The fall of 2009 (21 Mt) of energy-based CO2 emissions is attributable mainly to the fall of production in some areas very affected by the crisis:-11,8 in industry, with a peak at-26,6 steel and-12,8 in the energy of the crisis of the refining. Alone, these two sectors are responsible for two thirds of the reduction of emissions while they account for only 31 in French CO2 balance. The reduction is far more modest in the tertiary habitat (-3.4) and very low in transport (1.6) despite the fall of the traffic of heavy goods vehicles (-12).

More control of energy, it is the collapse of productive activity which explains first the result which prides itself on our Minister. And outside of this period of crisis, that it is hoped completed Compare the observed energy developments to the objectives of the Act of 2005 Pope, fixing the energy policy guidelines:

-the final energy needed to produce a unit of GDP, called "final energy intensity of GDP", intended to decrease of 2 per year in 2015 does decrease of 0.4 in 2009, after a total stability in 2008, for an average of 1.2 2005-2009;

-the rate of renewable primary energy supply, which was 10 in 2010 reached only 7.7 in 2009.

These points we were yet always presented as passages required on the road to our European commitment to reduction of 20 of our emissions in 2020 and by a factor of 4 in 2050. Clearly, we are not in the good path. Going further, Jean-Louis Borloo said of GHG emissions related to the balance sheet of our import-export "The France, in edge of the green economy and for productions, has a comparative advantage is taking advance". He forgets to us than the surplus of emissions estimated by Insee to almost 40 of national emissions, led the average Frenchman to issue almost 13 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year. This position appears to be inflated every year since 2003 where the trade deficit is increasing. The France is therefore too issuing GHG objective 2050 not 4 times but rather 5.5 times.

The good figures of the past two years are not blind. It is very largely responsible for crisis and not the policies carried out under the auspices of successive Governments since the turn of the years 2000. Unless our Minister is in reality a committed descending crypto