Comments by "Cross Link" (@crosslink1493) on "The German Failure u0026 Volkswagen || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. One of the problems was German car companies got rid of the older engineers 'en-masse' back in the 1990s who could design both durability and servicability into a car. The new crop of engineers couldn't do that. They had plenty of design issues back in the late 1970's when they introduced water-cooled cars, too.
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  2. More like industry wants pre-trained, pre-certified trade workers with multiple years of experience to work for wages just barely above minimum wage. Those of you who went out and got the training & certification need not apply as the industry does not want to spend labor time training you on company products/procedures and letting you get up-to-speed over a few weeks timeframe. So industry complains about a skilled worker shortage and they can't find anyone who can do it EXACTLY as THEY want it and need it done BY THEIR SPECIFIC COMPANY POLICIES.
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  3. Wasn't Frau Merkel and her socialist party trying really hard to appease the 'green' movement pretty heavily, promoting wind and solar while demonizing nuclear power? Throw in a very rare 9.0 earthquake in a land half a world away that, unlike Germany, regularly has earthquakes (Japan) and a resulting 30 ft tidal wave, and the paranoia associated with nuke plants got blown out of proportion
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