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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (3122)	8/24/2019 10:12:07 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 13876

While no one of us would doubt the technological capacity of Germany there is always something playing on the background.. That said I always keep a watch for a new subsidized initiative (job for the boys) to keep the big companies going. I know this because Siemens -to which I worked long time- was (perhaps it still is) a quasi-state company. The biggest tax payer (then in the 80's) if they need some boost, the state was there to help. It worked like this: Siemens medical division is not selling much: The German ministry of health would exchange the X-ray machines and other hospital engineering devices. That would go for the building automation, traffic system, airports and so on. Construction was one of them. Germany was in constant repair. You could not drive around town without seeing an Umleitung (diversion) sign. The Germans started complaining that one could not drive fast Autobahnen so many diversions they were on. The construction companies needed to have a business. It can well be that, after all the money spent on the solar and wind energy, they have cash for new initiative.