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Re:Germany's auto industry: suppliers' confidence waning by roenxi on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:10AM (#36920486)
Europe has been seeing a collapse in per-capita energy availability [0] since 2007. The invisible hand of the market is probably working out out what hard cuts are needed to make the best use of what is still available. It wouldn't be remotely strange if Germany was deindustrialising.

[0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use?tab...

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Re:Germany's auto industry: suppliers' confidence waning by cpursley on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:44AM (#36920802)
Without affordable energy prices, Germany just can’t compete with Korea (LG, Hyundai, etc), China or even the US. They’re in big trouble - especially when the tax revenue needed for their generous social benefits collapse. They need to sort this out asap.
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Re:Germany's auto industry: suppliers' confidence waning by ZeroGravitas on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:37AM (#36929138)
That's primary energy inputs.

Efficiency and electrification will also reduce it. As we try to get to net zero we're expected to double or triple the supply of electricity, while still reducing primary energy as we reduce the colossal amount of fossil fuels wasted as heat during burning them.

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