China’s CATL lands billion dollar contracts for two massive battery projects in WA
reneweconomy.com.au
WA government awards contracts worth more than $1 billion with China ‘s CATL to supply batteries for two of the country’s biggest battery projects.
  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    $500 million dollars in, the government will find that the batteries are spying on people somehow, spend another $750 million tearing it out, then award a new contract to an American company for $3 billion.

    Said American company will buy batteries from CATL anyway and rebrand them.

    • cfgaussian
      81·
      9 months ago

      Sounds like a win-win, everyone involved gets paid, some of them multiple times over. I mean the Australian taxpayer gets screwed but it appears to be consensual, else why would they keep voting for governments that do nothing but screw them if they didn’t enjoy it? You may not like it but this is what peak democracy looks like. /s