| Titre | La maîtrise de la demande énergétique | |
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| Auteur | Claire Tutenuit | |
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Revue | Responsabilité et environnement |
| Numéro | no 65, janvier 2012 Actualité de la pensée d'Yves Martin | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | A – Actes du colloque du 19 mai 2011 |
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| Page | 18-20 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Energy policy and controlling demand Yves Martin constantly defended the idea that energy policy should not be reduced to supply-side considerations. It also had to take into account factors related to demand and consumption.Already in 1974, he maintained that — given the necessarily diffuse, complex nature of actions for saving energy and given the commercial force of those who, producing and selling energy, are inclined to push consumption up rather than down — a public agency was needed that would be responsible for “selling” the idea of saving energy. Thus was created the Agence pour les Économies d'Énergie (AEE), which, in 1982, became the Agence Française pour la Maîtrise de l'Énergie (AFME), and then, in 1991, the Agence de l'Environment et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie (ADEME).Yves Martin constantly argued that economic leverage should be used in the field of energy. Setting prices so as to send a signal to market forces was, he thought, the most effective way to convince users to consume less. For the sake of fairness and to obtain social acceptance of his ideas, he claimed that the proposed increase in energy taxes could be offset by lowering other taxes (in particular those affecting labor costs, whence a positive impact on joblessness). His discussion of a carbon tax for limiting greenhouse gases advanced a similar argument about a “double dividends” system.Yves Martin always supported long-term measures with a foreseeable calendar so that stakeholders be forewarned and adapt their behaviors. He valued structural policies that were not to be dictated by the business cycle alone (in particular by oil prices). For these long-term policies, he emphasized the need to act on behaviors and reduce needs instead of relying exclusively on scientific progress and reduced consumption.His steadfast ideas with regard to energy policy were characterized by a demanding precision and a remarkable capacity for anticipating the future. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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