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submitted 11 months ago by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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[-] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 16 points 11 months ago

Capitalism is all about waste.

[-] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 5 points 11 months ago

Only if it earns a profit.

[-] MarioSpeedWagon@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I thought china used communism

[-] Thevenin@beehaw.org 10 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 10 points 11 months ago

Then you are many decades out of date.

[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Mountains of perfectly cromulent bicycles...

It should not even be a crime to "claim" one at this point.

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