As petrol prices rise, France turns to bioethanol – a cheaper fuel alternative

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:31 France Issued on: 19/09/2026 - 16:35Modified: 19/09/2026 - 16:36 With the prices of fuel continuously escalating, more and more drivers have been switching to bioethanol in France. It's cheaper to produce and currently costs around 95 cents per liter. Details by Shirli Sitbon. Video by: Shirli SITBON Keywords for this article petrol France inflation Middle East Natural gas France's Macron hosts Canadian PM Carney amid US tensions 19/09/2026 France Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and Ukraine 18/09/2026 Economy Belgium to rule on parole for key figure in 2015 Paris attacks 17/09/2026 Europe Amid France’s political 'fragmentation', 'a case needs to be made for participatory democracy’ 15/09/2026 France Lack of 'enforcement of EU laws': Consumer products contain 'illegal levels of restricted chemicals' 15/09/2026 Environment France's far-right Marine Le P...