https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d5ld8y8pwo
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Cheer up people! EVs now run on beautiful clean coal.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reinvigorating-americas-beautiful-clean-coal-industry-and-amending-executive-order-14241/
It's always important to make green choices. If irony makes you sad, you deserve the mental anguish.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-construction-of-new-coal-power-plants-reached-10-year-high-in-2024/
What is it you can't understand about energy? No gas, ok... lots of coal then.
No coal, I guess that means more bicycles.
@1z9
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/chinas-auto-workers-bear-brunt-price-war-fallout-widens-2023-09-05/
"The average monthly wage in China was 11,300 yuan in June, according to government data."
That's the equivalent of $1577 USD. Not nothing but compared to the $33/hr average for US workers, it's a steal. Definitely not competitive if you are a US worker.
He's making stuff up, because telling the truth makes his argument look weak.
Enlight me if the Chinese workers don't get paid (they are free labor), how could China become the largest auto market in the world ( and GM)?
This site is hot trash.
"We should do the same thing the UK is doing."
Right. And thanks to having to compete with cars made from free labor and subsidized materials, their former car companies are now owned by Tata, SAIC and Geely.
Smart!
We should do the same thing the UK is doing.
We'll have a better product and can compete on quality and features.