Copper thieves target EV charging cables around Minneapolis

[1srelluc]

Is it time to calculate the pollution created when some methhead/pillbilly burns a trashcan full of EV cables to get at the copper and add it to the pollution caused by EV manufacturing? Maybe there needs to be a "study".

BTW....The same sawsall that cuts off catalytic converters also cuts off outdoor charging cables.....Just sayin'.....The "felons-r-us" scrap yards are bumpin'.

Do traffic speed cameras next!

 

[Jarlaxle]

It would be HILARIOUS if one of the cables was fully energized (say...480 volts and 100 amps) when someone tried to cut it. Now THAT would be a funny video!

 

[Doc7505]

Stop signs replace some Oakland traffic lights to deter copper theft​

Stop signs replace some Oakland traffic lights to deter copper theft

Oakland has removed the traffic lights from one intersection and replaced them with 4-way stop signs due to people stealing copper and then tampering with an electrical box.

www.cbsnews.com

18 May 2024 ~~ By Da Lin

Oakland has removed the traffic lights from one intersection and replaced them with 4-way stop signs due to people stealing copper and then tampering with an electrical box.
It's a sight that has made drivers do a double take: a stop sign hanging overhead where a traffic light would normally be, located above the intersection of E. 12th Street and 16th Avenue in Oakland.
Neighbors said city workers removed the all the traffic lights in the last week and replaced them with four-way stop signs. The installation came after months of people stealing copper wires and tampering with the city electrical boxes that supply power to the traffic lights.
"It's just telling us that the city is giving up on us," said Tam Le, owner of Le's Auto Body & Engine Repair, located at the corner of the intersection.
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A city spokesman said they tried to put heavy cement blocks on top of the boxes, but people just dragged them out of the way.
"If you really want to fix the stop sign, I think you really have to clean up this homeless encampment," said Le.


Commentary:
We are witnessing the collapse of civilization in real time. It just gets worse and worse.
I remember thirty or forty years ago when so many of our bronze historical plaques disappeared. They had been erected by civic groups over the previous 75 years. Stolen by thieves for the metal content.
BTW, the stop signs are aluminum.
Additionally, it's not just the "homeless" causing the theft and damage, it's the huge influx of illegal aliens.
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