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2020-01-05 Europe

Outdoor heaters banned in French city to tackle climate change

[Telegraph] Smokers are feeling the cold in a French city that has banned outdoor heaters on café terraces, the last refuge of customers who want to savour a cigarette with their coffee.

Rennes, in Brittany, is the first city in France to take the controversial step aimed at limiting pollution in response to the climate emergency. Nice, Bordeaux and Angers are considering similar legislation.

After smoking became illegal inside French cafés in 2007, those wishing to indulge in a "café-clope" (coffee with a cigarette) were banished to pavement terraces. Café owners say a large part of their revenue now risks going up in smoke if their terraces become cold and unwelcoming in winter.

Supporters of the ban argue that heating a café terrace for one winter emits as much carbon dioxide as driving a new car 120,000 kilometres (72,000 miles), or three times the circumference of the Earth.

Marie, 34, a teacher in Rennes, told the Telegraph: "There are so many other things that waste energy and cause pollution. Why focus on this one? Cafés are now offering blankets to keep warm but to be honest, I don’t like the idea of a blanket that other people have used."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-05 02:20|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 A national plan to lower the population's body temperatures is sure to follow...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-05 07:54|| 2020-01-05 07:54|| Front Page Top

#2 If Global Warming was a thing, you wouldn't need outdoor heaters.

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-05 12:07|| 2020-01-05 12:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Global Warming started in the seventies because of peak oil worries. The US now has enough that it has started exporting. France’s nuclear reactors all have a major fault. Does France have oil/gas? We need to go nuclear power, because oil/gas will not last forever.

Posted by Sluting Snaiter1746 2020-01-05 13:09|| 2020-01-05 13:09|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought the thing during the 70s was the coming ICE AGE. In fact NYC is supposed to be encases in a mile high glacier right about now.

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-01-05 14:23|| 2020-01-05 14:23|| Front Page Top

#5 The same people who believe in climate change are the ones who also think it;s good for their health to drink their own pee.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-01-05 16:11|| 2020-01-05 16:11|| Front Page Top

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