west germany starts heavily building up utilities (electricity, water) and transportation infrastructure, including the overhaul of ports to improve efficiency and the construction of new airports and naval bases. The West German government also starts pressuring heavy equipment makers and vehicle manufacturers to make their products more efficient to consume less fuel. pollution and environmental standards will also be established, this will be done by gathering the operators of manufacturing businesses to produce reasonable standards, if they are too lax, the west german government will intervene in the process.
discussions about renewable and nuclear generation as new sources of energy are also being held, due to promising developments from canada and the space programs. they are not interested in using nuclear technology for weaponry since it has lost its strategic value with the concept of mutually assured destruction and retaliation. Molten Salt Reactors are a promising concept that will be looked into later.