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Their struggle to be manipulatedAre we being manipulated? Of course, every day. Marketing departments work intensively on this. But politics also does this daily, together with media that support their agenda. And there are actually people who fight to be manipulated. 
Some of you may have heard the news that Norway has nearly achieved it: combustion engine cars are no longer—or only rarely—being approved. The traffic transition is considered a big success. Those mentioned people celebrate exactly that and assume that Norwegians achieved this out of their own free will. They simply no longer buy combustion engines. But was it really the Norwegians? Was it truly their free choice?Probably not. Norwegian politics passed laws to encourage but also force the population to buy electric cars. On one hand, Norwegians save 25 percent VAT when buying an electric car. On the other hand, taxes on combustion engines were massively increased. Additionally, other benefits came into play, such as free parking and the ability to use bus lanes if you drive an electric car. Electricity prices are also relatively cheap. And since January 1st, the registration of combustion cars is basically even legally prohibited. Car manufacturers have adapted and reduced or completely removed combustion engine models from their lineup. All this is ignored by the aforementioned people, who consider the 1.8 percent of the 3 percent of 0.04 percent of CO2 in the atmosphere caused by human emissions in Germany as a danger. This assumption is still daily suggested by the media. The 97 percent of CO2 of natural origin hardly ever gets mentioned. In other words, Germany causes about 0.0000216 percent CO2 relative to the entire atmosphere. According to Statista, the transport sector overall accounts for just under 16%. So what about the question whether Norwegians really switch to electric cars voluntarily? Or are political directives forcing this change?If you want to buy a car in Norway and decide based on price, an electric car is cheaper due to tax benefits. If you cannot buy a combustion engine in the desired segment because manufacturers simply no longer offer any, you have no choice. You are forced to purchase a battery-electric vehicle. This too is ignored by the aforementioned people. It took a lengthy discussion to point out these facts. For them, Norway is a great success that must be achieved in Germany as quickly as possible. But what if people really have a choice?That is what we observe in Germany. The removal of the electric car subsidy led to a clear decline in electric car sales. Consumers apparently see it differently than politics. To push through its agenda, politics only has the option of manipulation—whether through fear-mongering about the “evil” CO2, through benefits, or bans justified by the “imminent apocalypse.” It is interesting that the aforementioned people advocate exactly for this manipulation and do not realize they themselves are being manipulated. They also blame the car manufacturers for the slow progress of the transition to electric cars in Germany. The claim is that carmakers have missed the connection to the electric car era. Because, it is said, the future belongs to the electric car. Their eyes turn to China, where electromobility (probably due to subsidies) is going better and it is even welcomed that soon more Chinese cars could be on German roads. The fact that this means a decline in German car production and the loss of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of jobs is not considered problematic. The aforementioned people were also pleased about the news that China produced 30 million vehicles in 2024 and BYD alone produced almost as many vehicles as all of Germany combined (4.4 million). Could this possibly be due to the fact that more than 1.4 billion people live in China, while the 27 EU countries have just under 450 million? China’s economic growth was 5 percent in 2023. Germany, on the other hand, continues to stagnate at best. One could include such facts in their considerations, but you don’t have to if you want to announce successes for the mobility transition and show that other countries “do it better.” Meanwhile, I wonder why climate change hysterics welcome the high car production in China, when the production of cars alone is actually not so great for climate and environment. But I suppose I am questioning way too much again. Meanwhile, the aforementioned people continue to struggle to be manipulated by the media and kept in fear. Well, to each their own. Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm | 05.01.2025 |
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