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Those are domestic numbers, I'm talking about the competitiveness of Germany on the _international_ market - that's what matters. It's hard to be competitive wh
by cpursley 3y ago
Those are domestic numbers, I'm talking about the competitiveness of Germany on the _international_ market - that's what matters. It's hard to be competitive when your energy costs are high.
Regarding deindustrialization:
- https://www.economist.com/business/2022/09/11/germany-faces-a-looming-threat-of-deindustrialisation https://www.economist.com/business/2022/09/11/germany-faces-...
- https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2023/01/06/transition-of-the-german-industry-accelerated-in-2022_6010493_19.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2023/01/06/transit...
- https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-industry-europe-energy-prices-basf/ https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-industry-europe-ener...
- https://www.politico.eu/article/rust-belt-on-the-rhine-the-deindustrialization-of-germany/ https://www.politico.eu/article/rust-belt-on-the-rhine-the-d...
- https://unherd.com/thepost/recession-in-germany-is-a-sign-of-europes-deindustrialisation/ https://unherd.com/thepost/recession-in-germany-is-a-sign-of...
- t43562 3y agoA lot of those articles talk about Russian gas - a perfect reason to go for renewables harder and spend more - it's an investment in the future.