‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green

Several experts suggested reducing speed on the Autobahn.

It would reduce carbon emissions and would also save Germany money:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/autobahn-speed-limit-would-cut-carbon-and-bring-e1bn-in-benefits-study-says/

https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-11-24/faced-with-energy-crisis-germans-agonize-over-autobahn-speed-limits.html

Many German boomers were absolutely outraged.

Germany is the jewel of european civilization. They helped created modern physics. Yet they are not acting rationally. What a shame.