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The US auto industry is in big trouble. China now makes 75 percent of all electric vehicles sold anywhere on earth. US automakers make around 5 percent. (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

Once or twice a month we get people crawling the neighborhood, 5 or 6 of them just walking down the road, no credentials and they wanna get me free state funded solar and all the need is a picture of my electric bill to prove I'm not already receiving the payment blah blah blah. Eventually a cop comes by a day later and asks about it because one of the old people got scammed.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    So how does the actual scam work?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Idk. We put in solar 3+ years ago.. We're at roughly 1/3 paid off now. A pay an electric bill 2-4 months of the year. One or two low ($5-80), and one full ($300+), another somewhere in-between ($130-180).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    With the information on the bill they can actually sign you up for a different delivery provider or add stuff to your plan.

    Some of them will install panels and you won't see money for years if ever without litigation.

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