“Nuclear power is the only thing that could have made EV’s work.”
The only “green” thing or some might say “semi-green”.
The German culture, basically an intelligent one, has a streak of a combination of stupidity and insanity. I think about the terrible governments they put in place (or tolerated) during the two world wars.
Lately they’ve lost sight of what makes the good life possible; specifically abundant electricity and transportation fuel.
“I think about the terrible governments they put in place (or tolerated) during the two world wars.”
As opposed to the paragons we’ve had...LBJ, Clinton, Obama, Brandon etc.
Because my family is at least partly German and I grew up with the language and lived there twice I can tell you, the Germans though often quite intelligent individually, have always been infected with a streak of idealism. This makes them very vulnerable to getting swept along by various crackpots be they Christian fanatics like in the middle ages, national socialists like in the mid 20th century or like Gaia Worshipers now.
When they’re in the grip of one of these cults they can be extremely destructive - self destructive this time. When they’re in full fever, they can’t be reasoned with. For example “hey you’re only X small % of all the world’s carbon emissions right now. Even if you slashed your emissions it wouldn’t really matter given how much more China, India and the rest of the 3rd world are increasing their carbon emissions. So why commit economic suicide for this - even if you accept the extreme claims about imminent catastrophe? They will just fall back on their dogma. “its for the earth” or Its the *right* thing to do”. etc
That’s how a nation of often very intelligent and well educated individuals can be such a disaster collectively.