Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Germany Has a (Car) Problem. And With Them All of Europe." video.

  1. The German choice to embrace the permanent Asiatic cultural enemy of European democracy as an energy source was a betrayal and social treason by the (mostly Ossi) sellouts who adore Putin. Russian subversion is perhaps the one thing the Kremlin are consistently effective at and it shows, Germany will of course adapt as economic speedbumps aren't permanent but every energy policy which puts you at the mercy of your enemies is a terrible idea. That terrible idea isn't confined to Germany For example all the blood and treasure squandered by the US in the Middle East could have gone to energy independence rather than supporting the corrupt murderous journalist-dismembering House of Saud. Most petroleum resources are held by evil governments in fundamentally anti-democratic cultures. That's arguably worse than the pollution problems because it perpetuates evil, toxic sometimes genocidal regimes.
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  2. German engineering was once simple, beautifully elegant and of very high quality. Open the crankcase of a 1960s BMW boxer motorbike and the guts look like aircraft parts, with thick tin plating on piston skirts and other touches ensuring famously long service life. Modern German vehicles are overly complex, often miserable to work on and best leased not bought so one can hand them back early. I worked for a used car lot where we immediately traded off any modern German vehicles we'd taken in trade because they weren't worth fixing. The recipient salvage yards mostly parted them out. When lifelong professional mechanics loathe a machine they have good reason.
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