France Promises Aid to Households Over Oil Price-(PM Says "Post Oil Era")

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France promises aid to households over oil price

PARIS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The French government will pay 75 euros ($91.49) to millions of families to help them cope with the rise in oil prices, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said on Thursday.

Villepin said several million low-income households which use fuel for heating would receive a 75-euro cheque, and promised to boost the use of renewable energy.

"I know that some of our compatriots are suffering head-on from the rise in domestic fuel and petrol, without being able to immediately adjust their consumption," Villepin told a news conference.

"We have entered the post-oil era," he said. "I want to draw all the consequences of this and give a real impulse to energy savings and to the use of renewable energies."

http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nPAB002030&imageid=&cap=

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1. So THAT is what a national government looks like

We should get one of those someday. Looks useful.

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2. now THAT was funny (n/t)

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3. The implications are HUGE !!!

"We have entered the post-oil era"