Who will protect the juice?
Copper wire thefts have increased in Los Angeles and other cities, but with thieves looking outside of street lights for cables to cut, drivers expecting to use EV chargers are sometimes caught off-guard.
With a significant number of the cut cables and smashed charging units being harvested for copper wire now, companies, governments and EV advocates are proposing everything from greater enforcement and penalties to cables that cover a vandal with ink—similar to the measures employed against bank robbers. Such a system has also been discussed in the UK, according to a BBC story from April.
It’s almost like the underlying issues that foster that behavior are the actual root causes, and maybe blaming other humans who’re barely holding onto their lives while scraping crumbs together on the raggedy edge of sanity isn’t the most constructive way forward… Dunno, but it sounds like even more divisive phrasing from the ruling class propaganda playbook. 🤷🏽♂️
Oh no, it’s definitely a criminal issue and throwing more money at police will totally solve the problem.
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Only if said money are rolls of quarters and they’re gift-wrapped in heavy-duty socks or work-gloves before being rapidly delivered in volume, and this solution is repeated courageously until conditions improve. 🥳