I am now bilingual which is very valuableOf course the decline in GDP in the third quarter remains limited 0The ghetto appears therefore as a collective creationIn consumer goods the renewal of the offer must be permanent and university laboratories ParisI VIII XIIIThis inside Falklands war would last for a year Pressure from the markets could not relaxSecondary LBO market also holds his attentionAnd it leaves no visible trace to the naked eyeGazprom was much criticized not investing enoughWelcome to Paimpol. His famous Paimpolaise, the cliff, and soon... its current "turbines". Off the Breton coast, EDF is indeed poised to install new devices of Irish origin, designed to produce electricity from the tidal current, announced the Group last week. A nice conversion green for the French champion of the atom...
In Paris, at the same time, the National Assembly decided that the bulbs to high energy consumption would be withdrawn from sale in 2010. Nearby, the Automobile Club was the point: faced with the increase of fuel, French motorists reduce their movements. Drivers "are interested in eco-driving", which can reduce consumption by 20, stated Roger Braun, Director General of the association. Vienna, OPEC decided on the same day an emergency meeting to halt the fall of the oil... It stands today.
In 24 hours, gives a good summary of the new in the world of energy and changes in behaviour that it causes.
Energy is an area where time counts in years, if not decades. It takes years to build a nuclear power plant, in the years to find a deposit of oil and exploit it. Infrastructure are designed to last for twenty, thirty, a hundred years. From 2000, when the black gold prices began to climb, and with those of almost all the energies, producers as consumers were therefore not immediately reacted.
Rising power
It took until last year that the idea that the era of cheap energy is over to be a matter of consensus. Despite the fallout of the barrel, it is still 50 more, there is an annual average year, and five times more than eight years ago... Similarly, the opening of the markets for electricity and gas to competition, between 2000 and 2007, has not caused immediate revolution. Awareness of climate change and the rise of the constraints linked to the environment were they also quite slow.
But, today, the movement is initiated. From individuals to businesses, from producers to consumers, everyone adapts to the new context. It is, here, a couple who, taking advantage of public aid, opts for a wood heat. There, a store that installs photovoltaic cells on its roof, like Carrefour in Nîmes. They are also, in Singapore, architects who are working on a 26-storey tower ventilated naturally, isolated by a plant wall, and producing itself 45 of its energy needs...
It is also the State which shows the way by implementing environmental incentives, and in is forcing himself to not only buy cars receiving the bonus. Providers modify their behaviour. The image of EDF to Paimpol. Or industry trying to replace oil by coal in the manufacture of plastics. The image, finally, many builders phosphorent cars rolling without the good old gasoline...
A myriad of large and small gestures, therefore. With, ultimately, changes in depth. The case of the automobile incentives is spectacular: since its establishment, the part of the cleaner new cars rose from 30 to 50! These vehicles are precisely those who consume the least amount of fuel.
The economic crisis is likely to curb certain developments, some investments, especially if it is still lower oil. But it is at the same time accelerate other changes, do it by pushing the households and businesses to be more efficient on their energy. A movement launched seems hardly likely to be questioned.
