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I won't go into detail refuting all of your inaccuracies (for example with regard to the Autobahns, most of which are now in pristine condition due to the pre-world cup building frenzy), just one remark:

Your whole theory (well not so much a theory as a collection of ramblings, as a theory would require you to look at the whole picture) is based on one assumption: That there will be no war against Iran, that the Saudis will give up their terrorist ways, that we will all live happily ever after because there will be no disruptions in the world's oil supplies.

Because frankly: While the German economy can survive on $250 a barrel, the US will have huge problems and China with its horrendously inefficient production methods will probably have to go to war to secure their share of supplies.

That's not saying that Germany doesn't have a sh*tload of problems: Immigration, an aging society etc., these are all valid points. But as a whole your view on the situation is myopic at best. And you drastically overestimate the Islamic Republic of France. *LOL

Actually it is Europe that IMPORTS the predominant part of it's oil from the Middle East, not the US. It is Germany that IMPORTS over 2/3rds of their consumption, while the US covers near 2/3rds of their own demand through domestic production.

Paints, certain materials, lubricants, even some medication and of course fuel are all products of oil. Germany today is more dependent on foreign oil than in the oil crunch under Helmut Schmidt which near broke the German economy. Live on in your world of "Windraeder" that today deliver a whopping 3% of your electrical power.

Your so full of shit.

Drive down the A5 once! Look at the ruts in the Autobahn. The German road infrastructure is incapable of meeting demands. For years there has been reluctance to expand roads, widen Autobahns and Bundesstrassen etc. Today you have a situation where people sit 40 minutes in a Stau to get into Frankfurt. The stretch between Frankfurt and Heidelberg is over loaded as are many many other stretches. Go drive down your roads in downtown Frankfurt. The infrastructure has neither kept up with demands and has fallen behind in it's quality. The once world known Autobahn which was smooth, flat, and pothole free in the 80s in not there anymore.

I suggest you go into a German hospital and look at your MRI machines. We export the ones you use to Russia! Obsolete by todays standards. But what can you expect from a "state managed" health care system. You guys use glass IV bottles for crying out loud! Some of the hardware you have in a hospital belongs in a museum.