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近幾十年來，德國在經濟上取得了巨大的成功，比如製造了人人都想買的豪華汽車和高科技產品。 他們非常擅長，通過向其他國家的人們出售東西賺了很多錢，而且他們的政府也有很多現金。 人們甚至寫書講述德國如何正確行事。

但事情已經改變了。 現在，德國在世界經濟中表現不佳。 這是富裕國家中最差的國家之一。 國際貨幣基金組織和歐盟表示，德國經濟今年將萎縮。 這一切都始於俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭並停止向德國提供廉價天然氣。 這損害了需要大量能源的德國工廠。

德國民眾對此十分擔憂。 他們擔心自己的國家可能會失去工廠和良好的就業機會，因為那裏的生產成本太高了。 德國一家大型化學公司的老板表示，德國可能不再是工業強國。 他從豪華的辦公室往外看，看到了曾經很重要但現在不再重要的舊工廠和礦山。

現在，曾經煤礦弄髒一切的地方正在變得幹淨。 他們有風力渦輪機和綠地而不是汙染。 但失去廉價的俄羅斯天然氣損害了德國經濟。 他們甚至不得不要求一家公司維持一座舊發電廠的運轉，因為他們沒有足夠的能源。

那家公司正在努力改變現狀。 他們將使用天然氣，也許還有氫氣，而不是肮髒的煤炭來製造東西。 他們希望到 2030 年能夠改善環境。但目前，德國由於境外發生的情況而陷入困境。

引起很大爭議的一個想法是，政府是否應該對工廠轉向清潔能源時的電費設置限製。 這個想法是由綠黨副校長羅伯特·哈貝克提出的，但並不是所有人都喜歡。
德國總理奧拉夫·舒爾茨和他的自由民主黨朋友認為這是一個壞主意，環保人士也認為這會讓我們更長時間地使用肮髒的能源。

但我們之前談到的那家大型化學公司的老板克裏斯蒂安·庫爾曼（Christian Kullmann）認為這是一個很好的計劃。 他表示，政客的錯誤決定導致了能源價格高企，德國企業和工人為這些錯誤付出代價是不公平的。

自 2021 年以來，天然氣價格翻了一番，這給需要天然氣來製造玻璃、紙張和汽車零部件等產品的公司帶來了麻煩。 此外，作為德國最大貿易夥伴之一的中國，經濟狀況也不再那麽好。

所有這些問題都表明，德國存在一些在美好時期沒有注意到的問題。 他們不太擅長在政府和企業中使用技術，而且批準清潔能源項目需要很長時間。

德國在農村的道路、火車、互聯網等方麵也不花錢，所以他們之前就有多餘的現金。 依賴俄羅斯供應天然氣也是一個錯誤，尤其是北溪管道，該管道因戰爭而關閉。

現在，建造風力渦輪機真的很困難，因為人們不希望它們靠近自己的家。 將該國南部地區風力發電的項目甚至嚴重推遲。

與此同時，美國正在向想要投資清潔能源的公司提供大量資金，這讓德國嫉妒並擔心他們落後了。 因此，每個人都在競相擁有最好的新技術來賺錢並幫助國家發展，而德國正在努力找出如何跟上的方法。

但到底是什麽原因導致德國經濟持續下滑呢？ 俄羅斯廉價天然氣的流失加劇了這一問題，但繁榮時期做出的決定也受到質疑。

就業機會充足、政府金庫膨脹、而其他歐洲國家卻苦苦應對債務的日子已經一去不複返了。 德國甚至被視為其他國家效仿的典範。

如今，國際貨幣基金組織和歐盟都預測德國今年將萎縮。 這次經濟衰退是在俄羅斯和烏克蘭之間的衝突以及隨後莫斯科廉價天然氣的流失之後發生的。

這對德國能源密集型產業造成了嚴重衝擊，而這些產業長期以來一直推動著歐洲製造業的發展。 突然的經濟表現不佳引發了一係列關於未來發展方向的批評、辯論和分歧。

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In recent decades, Germany enjoyed lots of economic success, like making fancy cars and high-tech stuff that everyone wanted to buy. They were so good at it that they made tons of money by selling things to people in other countries, and their government had a lot of cash. People even wrote books about how Germany was doing things right.

But things have changed. Now, Germany is not doing so well in the world economy. It's one of the worst among rich countries. The International Monetary Fund and the European Union say Germany's economy is going to shrink this year. This all started because Russia invaded Ukraine and stopped giving cheap natural gas to Germany. That hurt Germany's factories, which need a lot of energy.

People in Germany are really worried about this. They're afraid that their country might lose its factories and good jobs because it's getting too expensive to make stuff there. The boss of a big German chemical company says Germany might stop being an industrial powerhouse. He looks out of his fancy office and sees old factories and mines that used to be important but aren't anymore.

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Now, the place where coal mines used to make everything dirty is becoming clean. They've got wind turbines and green areas instead of pollution. But losing the cheap Russian gas hurt Germany's economy. They even had to ask a company to keep an old power plant running because they didn't have enough energy.

That company is trying to change things. They're going to use gas and maybe hydrogen instead of dirty coal to make stuff. They want to be good for the environment by 2030. But for now, Germany is in a tough spot because of what's happening outside their borders.

One idea that's causing a big argument is whether the government should set a limit on how much factories can be charged for electricity while they switch to clean energy. This idea is proposed by Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck from the Greens Party, but not everyone likes it. 
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his friends from the Free Democrats think it's a bad idea, and so do environmentalists who say it would keep us using dirty energy for longer.

But Christian Kullmann, the boss of that big chemical company we talked about earlier, thinks it's a good plan. He says that bad decisions from politicians caused the high energy prices, and it's not fair for German businesses and workers to pay for those mistakes.

Gas prices have doubled since 2021, and that's causing trouble for companies that need gas to make things like glass, paper, and car parts. Plus, China, one of Germany's biggest trade buddies, isn't doing so well economically anymore.

All these problems show that Germany has some problems it didn't notice during the good times. They're not very good at using technology in government and business, and it takes forever to approve clean energy projects.

Germany also didn't spend money on things like roads, trains, and internet in the countryside, and that's why they had extra cash before. Depending on Russia for gas was also a mistake, especially with the Nord Stream pipelines, which were turned off because of the war.

And now, it's really hard to build wind turbines because people don't want them near their homes. There's even a big delay in a project to bring wind power to the southern part of the country.

Meanwhile, the United States is giving lots of money to companies that want to invest in clean energy, and that's making Germany jealous and worried that they're falling behind. So, everyone is competing to have the best new technologies that make money and help the country grow, and Germany is trying to figure out how to keep up.

But what is causing the continued plummeting of Germany’s economy? The loss of cheap natural gas from Russia has contributed to the problem, but the decisions made during the prosperous years are also being questioned.

The days are gone when jobs were abundant, and the government's coffers swelled, while other European nations grappled with debt. Germany was even held up as a model for others to follow. 

Today, both the International Monetary Fund and the European Union predict Germany will shrink this year. This downturn came in the wake of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the subsequent loss of cheap natural gas from Moscow. 

This was a severe jolt to Germany's energy-intensive industries, which have long driven Europe's manufacturing sector. This sudden economic underperformance has sparked a flurry of criticism, debates, and disagreements about the way forward.