Sébastien Mabile: “It’s time to think how to distribute burden of energy transition” fairly “

Wednesday, June 8, by a vote qualified as “history”, the European Parliament approved the end of the sale of new thermal vehicles (petrol, hybrids and diesel) and tilting towards electric from 2035. The Text adopted also aims to reduce the emissions of Co _{2 from the European automotive sector by 55 % by 2030.}

From 2035, all new cars sold in Europe will therefore have to have a 100 % electric engine. All? Not really, since the text has exemptions for the benefit of luxury cars only: manufacturers selling less than 10,000 vehicles per year can require derogations from their objectives of reduction of co _{2 Until 1 in January 2036, and the smallest manufacturers, who sell less than 1,000 cars per year, are exempt from any contribution to collective effort.}

In practice, these derogations benefit from brands such as Lamborghini, Maserati, Bugatti or Aston Martin whose models are among the least accessible and the most polluting. The Lamborghini Aventador S, which according to the Environment and Energy Management Agency [ADEME] issues 460 grams equivalent co _{2 /km, will be able to continue to be sold after 2035. In Revenge, the Citroën C1, which only emits 116 grams equivalent to co 2 /km, will be prohibited for sale.}

The message sent by the European Parliament is most catastrophic and demobilizing. To the poor and the middle class to bear the effort to change motorization – far from being negligible -, while the richest can continue to pollute cheerfully. This while worldwide, and according to the 2022 global inequalities report, the richest 1 % are responsible for 17 % of CO ₂ , and the 10 % emissions Rich of 48 % of emissions.

A human being emits on average 6.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (co _{2 é>) per head and per year. A Frenchman, almost 9.9 tonnes. The carbon footprint of the richest 10 % in Europe is almost 30 tonnes per year, and rises up to 73 tonnes in North America.}

As long as the legislator does not sanction the selfish capture by a minority of the population of the carbon budget that we have left to limit the disaster, any collective effort will be deemed, rightly, disproportionate, and will stir the embers of ” Yellow vests “and other” red caps “.

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