2023-06-08 04:12:55
Margaux Fodéré, edited by Alexandre Dalifard / Photo credit: SEBASTIEN LAPEYRERE / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP
The Energy Transition, yes, but slowly. According to an Ipsos study for RTE, the electricity network manager, carried out in two waves between 2022 and 2023, the French are well aware of climate change. Moreover, more than 60% of them were already making sobriety efforts on lighting, or heating during the night, before this winter. But they do not want to give up structural elements of their lifestyles, such as the individual car. According to this study, nearly 7 out of 10 French people do not plan to reduce their travel in the next 5 years, whether they have already reduced it or not.
Living in a detached house
Another element which they do not want to give up is the individual house, which represents a model of life for many French people, explains Brice Teinturier, the general manager of Ipsos. “More than 60% of those who live in collective housing want to go to an individual house”, he underlines at the microphone of Europe 1. Without abandoning these lifestyles, the French are still ready to provide efforts. For some (37% of French respondents) it would be to switch to a hybrid or electric car if their vehicle broke down and it was not repairable.
48% of French people plan insulation work within 5 years
For others, almost half of the French, it can go through insulation work. But these efforts are still conditional on financial support, recalls Xavier Piechaczyk, Chairman of the Executive Board of RTE. “The question of economic incentives, whether subsidies or taxation, is in the middle of the debate to allow French people who want to be able to switch to these modes which are much less carbon-intensive”, he underlines. .
Decarbonizing the daily lives of French people is a major challenge. In 2017, for example, the tertiary residential sector accounted for 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in France, most of which are related to housing.
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