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China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Capitalism is all about waste.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Only if it earns a profit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I thought china used communism

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

China's system is technically communism in the same way the Bud Light is technically beer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Then you are many decades out of date.