The Constitutional Council rejected an article in the purchasing power bill that sought to legalize the use of used frying oil as fuel, to the disappointment of environmentalists who had pushed the measure through. Julien Bayou, national secretary of the EELV, said Wednesday that he contests the argument of the Constitutional Council that he considered that the article in question had nothing to do with the voted text, although he accepted that it was “sovereign.”
At the moment, this type of use of used oils is prohibited in France because they are not part of the homologated fuels, unlike some European countries such as Germany. “This article had been included after another on aspects of energy sovereignty, but the Senate moved it elsewhere and buried it asking for a report,” he reacted, promising to return to office “during the Finance Law in 2023, during which it can be modify the customs code”.
The chairman of the environmental group in the National Assembly judged once again “that it was better to rely on chip posts than oil monarchies, not bow to Mohammed bin Salman and not rely on American shale gas.”
90% less greenhouse gases
According to the MP’s written arguments, 10 liters of properly reprocessed used oil can provide 8 liters of fuel and release up to 90% less greenhouse gases than conventional diesel.
For him, this initiative is promising, citing the “Roule ma frite” association of Oléron, which has been developing these fuels since 2006 on a local scale, or even “northern local authorities who use this system” and individuals “who recover frying oil from restaurants to save half a tank of gasoline” in an artisan way.
The Constitutional Council considered on August 12 that this article had “no link, not even indirect” with the provisions of the initial article 20 of the bill, which authorized road freight carriers to index the prices of their service on energy prices.
Source: BFM TV
