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2021-04-28 20:06:04
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So if the construction industry collapses here, carpentry employees have to be laid off, then the state may have to intervene. In this case, it is also due to the pandemic.
Then we are not far apart at all. I also find genuine innovation very important and a fair competition for the best ideas. The conditions worldwide are just not always given. And on the other hand – when I look at Airbus vs. Boeing, some protectionist kick-start funding overall is not so wrong..I see it similarly. We consume more than we need for a good life. I don't see Germany so negatively. Sell-off is completely okay and even necessary. Innovation capability is the be-all and end-all.
It is not correct. But we in Germany are already comparatively on a good path here. We already have various taxes on fossil fuels, bans, and support for renewable energies. Unfortunately, this is not the case internationally. Von der Leyen's threats of future climate tariffs are therefore probably correct. However, for the hard capitalist, this is rather a thorn in the side.Is it correct that CO2 has no price, even though it causes financial consequences? It is not logical. The market therefore has limits.
Regarding Germany, I only know of one export restriction, namely for war equipment. These exports must be approved by the government in advance.Are there actually real examples of export tariffs?
I find the CO2 price nonsense. Because it claims to regulate something where there is no jurisdiction. Let’s take a Nirolamp with LEDs, purchased on eBay for 12.99 from Shenzhen, free shipping. In Shenzhen, China makes the rules, not us. That China’s post accepts and transports the goods for almost nothing is also decided there. The container ship sails under Liberia’s flag. The sailors are Filipinos, the fuel is heavy oil, because that’s what is available and needs to be used up, and is therefore almost given away to the shipping companies. Heavy oil is produced in every refinery, no premium fuel without it. That stuff is toxic and full of sulfur, but it is burned on the oceans, and Berlin’s reach does not extend that far. At the western entrance of the canal then switching to gas oil. That is also bunkered where it is cheap, probably in Egypt at the Suez passage, where there is cheap Libyan revolutionary gas oil from various warlords. So now the lamp costing 12.99 is in Antwerp or Hamburg or Rotterdam. DHL makes the last mile to me. It was on the way for two months, but arrives safely. Please, where should mommy now apply the CO2 lever? The only way can be to create conditions so that such products can again be manufactured here at reasonable costs. Like the guy with his monkey and the Trigema T-shirts, it costs 49.90 and is therefore clearly more expensive than Bangladesh, but not so expensive that it becomes unaffordable. So it finds its buyers, especially since the quality is OK.