Sarkozy annonce la taxe carbone pour 2010

Dans un discours aujourd'hui Nicolas Sarkozy a confirmé l'imposition d'une taxe carbone au taux de 17 euros par tonne de CO2. Il dit que le but n'est pas de remplir les caisses de l'Etat, mais de changer le comportement des Français, de les inciter à moins consommer de combustibles fossiles. Les factures d'électricité ne seront pas concernées, car c'est le nucléaire qui produit plus de 80% de l'électricité en France, mais les Verts auraient voulu l'inclure dans les calculs (le CO2 n'étant pas totalement absent de la production d'électricité en France). Les 17 euros sont bien moins que le chiffre préconisé par la commission d'experts présidé par Michel Rocard et la Gauche et différents groupes écolos dénoncent la timidité de l'action du président.

Pour sa part Sarkozy affirme que les 17 euros vont augmenter à l'avenir et que ce n'est qu'un début. Sarkozy explique cette "timidité" en disant que pendant une crise on ne peut pas trop taxer les gens.

En plus, les ménages et les entreprises vont être compensés, les premiers par une réduction de l'impôt sur le revenu ou le don de "chèques verts", les seconds par une réduction d'impôts sur l'investissement. Pour les associations écologiques c'est un geste.

A mon avis on peut dire qu' il va dans le bon sens du moins et il faudra juger l'efficacité de cette taxe au bout de plusieurs années.

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20090910/tpl-taxe-carbone-reactions-cfb2994.html

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