Enviers of European ways and fractivists are fond of crowing about France banning hydraulic fracturing but, as Nick Grealy demonstrates, the tide is quickly turning of necessity. Watch what they do, not what they say.

We can expect interesting developments from France this month. I’ve been noting for some time that the combination of France’s oil riches in the Paris Basin and the inherent rationality of France will overcome the various narratives that led to the French ban of 2011.

The French ban was due to several bad political moons aligning, and the universe has changed since July 2011. President Hollande was elected for one, and the French economy has tanked at best since then, even as companies which make up significant parts of the economy including Total (the French oil and gas company) and GdFSuez (another energy company still 30% owned by the state) are investing billions in the evil poison outside France.

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