Editorial: Liberation

• The government appears to believe that we are in 1974, time of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and an oil crisis, despite the fact the problem now is different.
• The government has surreptitiously approved the expansion of an oil concession near the Fontainebleau forest, which was previously five times smaller.
• France no longer needs as much oil as before, as concessions within the country cover less than 1% of its hydrocarbon consumption.
• The real problem France now faces is a water shortage, and this oil project threatens the drinking water sources for over 180,000 Île-de-France region inhabitants.

Conclusion: This project is an archaic idea that should not be implemented, as it could result in an ecological disaster. It's time for France to align with current times and start valuing its water sources more than its oil.

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