Life in prison wouldn’t be bad for oldsters. Free medical, free dental, free food and good security.
I am going to step out on a limb and guess you have never been to a Central American prison.
They don’t have a “white collar club fed” joint that I am aware of.....
Someone above suggested that China is promoting this..... while it sounds conspiratorial keep in mind that the “green energy” push has been a huge boon to the Chinese economy and the CCP. They own the battery and solar panel markets and a fair piece of the wind turbine market too. Every li-ion battery puts money in the pocket of CCP members. Every single one......