Comment on Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too

• airbck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There is a difference between bad policy and unpopular policy. If each party caters to their target audience there are two others the policy is unpopular with. Blatantly bad policy is rare. Interestingly the current opposition had the same intention when they were in charge. But now they have to cater to their right wing audience.

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  • GigglyBobble@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Subsidizing foreign mega corps to make (not even develop) chips in Germany with €3M per job while the local infrastructure is inferior to other countries is not just unpopular. It's objectively stupid policy.

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    • orrk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      in what way is it “objectively bad policy?”

      no, please tell me how domestically producing chips is bad. remember 2021 when entire factories had to shut down because we couldn’t import those very same controller chips due to a single ship getting stuck? i sure as hell do. No, I think it’s incredibly important to make sure that a third of our economy isn’t killed just because china want to play ball right now.

      and our infer structure in what? roads/rail? we are one of the best. the only nations with better rail service are all those who have a Rail trunk instead of a network.

      or maybe you mean internet. well, that is getting expanded under the current government, after years of CDU led governments being completely apathetic to this problem.

      and we’re finally addressing the cost of power being so high outside Bavaria by no longer subsidizing them.

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