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by lucb1e 405 days ago
The economics of taking out a loan or insurance for things you can pay out of pocket also don't work out, but there are apparently entire countries routinely buying groceries and appliances on credit

I'm not saying this is a logical thing to do (note where I wrote "There's more efficient ways to solve the climate problem"), but I've seen humans making less sensible decisions than this one so, who knows, it might actually happen...