• Valérie Pécresse offers aid of €500 to Ile-de-France drivers to convert their petrol vehicle into a bioethanol vehicle.

  • The price of bioethanol being half the price of conventional gasoline, the economic opportunity could encourage drivers to choose this process.

  • However, bioethanol is not as ecological as one might think, because it only pollutes 2% less than the gasoline it replaces.

Back to play you a second round, Valérie Pécresse announced in an interview with

Le Parisien

this Monday, May 16, aid of up to €500 for Parisians wishing to convert their gasoline vehicle to bioethanol.

This flat rate comes at a time when the price of bioethanol is constantly eyeing drivers at the pump: more than half the price of conventional fuel!

Despite an overconsumption of around 25%, this good economic plan has already won over in 2021, the consumption of "organic" fuel having increased by 33%.

To convert your petrol vehicle to bioethanol – diesel is not eligible for conversion – all you have to do is fit a conversion unit to it.

The gross operation can cost up to 1,600 €, many motorists are reluctant to take the plunge.

The announcement of Valérie Pécresse, who “sets herself a target of 30,000 boxes by the end of the year, or 15 million euros in aid”, could make them change their minds.

How good is bioethanol?

Economically, yes.

But according to

Geo

, this fuel would only be organic in name.

This is also its trade name.

For its production, it is extracted from wheat, corn or beet, the cultivation of which not only emits greenhouse gases, but also infects the soil, with the return of neonicotinoids in the exploitation of beet to sugar.

The International Council on Clean Transportation has produced a report summarizing all these elements.

Bioethanol would have a carbon footprint only 2% lower than the gasoline it replaces.

In other words, the economic argument, yes, the ecological argument, no.

While she affirms that “we have a real sector to develop in Île-de-France, thanks to our farmers”, another difficulty should attract the attention of the president of the region.

This is the biofuel production limit imposed by the European Union.

A 2015 directive requires states to cap their food production for fuel at 7%: we do not play with food.

France is already approaching this maximum with a ratio of 6.8%.

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