The true cost of a carbon-free France – Le dossier de L’Express

The true cost of a carbon free France Le dossier

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Beyond climate promises, what is the real cost of the energy transition? For several weeks, we have been investigating the systemic impacts of this global conversion of our low-carbon economy. Employment, purchasing power, consumption patterns, investments, territorial changes… the magnitude of the shock awaiting us has nothing to envy to the major oil crises of the last century. In the past, politicians and leaders have nurtured the dream of a happy transition, where the new world would replace the old smoothly. This utopia is being shattered by soaring energy prices. Changes will not all come smoothly. And we can no longer afford to look elsewhere.

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