As US aeroplane maker Boeing desperately waits for thousands of aluminium and titanium bolts, it is hurling blame at its suppliers, above all, aluminium maker Alcoa for the delay in the maiden flight of its 787 “Dreamliner”. One can’t help but be reminded of the disastrous hold-ups suffered by the Airbus A 380.
Russia’s cartel office has rejected an application by Siemens to take over additional shares in energy systems maker Silowyje Maschiny. This isn’t the first time Siemens has come up against resistance in Russia whose government has put hurdles in the company’s path in the past.
The continuing boom in the mechanical engineering industry has led to the longest delivery times in 16 years. The utilization of production capacities has jumped, giving rise to bottlenecks in some areas.
These three reports show what the world economy is currently having to contend with. Whereas the politicians across the world are giving top priority to CO2 emissions and the eagle, the symbol of the German federal government, seems to be melting into a polar bear, enterprises are battling against bottlenecks, corruption and last but not least the self-proclaimed environmental gurus. The fact that Greenpeace has found that each person creates on average 2 tonnes of CO2 a year, with meat-eaters generating around 3 tonnes, does not seem to interest anyone. With its population of approximately 1.3 billion, China alone produces almost 4 billion tonnes of man-made CO2 (less meat, more rice). And this does not even include the German and Indian cows. During the IAA the issue of the environment was brought to the boil again, coupled with the threat of more stringent regulations. In view of the current debates, one cannot help but feel that our politicians have lost touch with the taxpayer. No-one seems particularly bothered by the fact that the electricity companies unnecessarily generate heaps of CO2 due to outdated technology and still have the nerve to expect the consumer to foot ever higher bills. After all, electricity prices have jumped by around 50 per cent since the year 2000. The oil companies raise their prices seemingly by the hour, earning billions with the major cause of CO2 emissions. However, the politicians and the cartel authorities keep quiet.
We do, of course, require environmental protection – it is essential that we carefully manage our resources and think to the future. But please, let’s not lose all sense of proportion.

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