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Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles
ABC News ^ | June 12, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 06/12/2024 2:57:19 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

All that the US needs to do is outlaw reselling catalytic converters and copper cables except through licensed government providers.


21 posted on 06/12/2024 4:02:37 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (CEAZY)
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To: Red Badger

Then there is this:

Thieves Steal Miles Of Copper Wire, Leaving LA’s Sixth Street Bridge In The Dark

Copper thieves continue to run rampant in Los Angeles, striking the Sixth Street Bridge again and leaving certain areas of the bridge in the dark. The famed East Los Angeles bridge was found by residents with exposed electrical boxes and missing wires. Neighbors who frequent the bridge were worried about the dangers of stealing electrical wire from the fuse boxes. “I think it’s a pretty bad idea. It’s also really dangerous for them too, they are not electricians – there is a reason why this stuff is covered up,” said Hector Pereira, a neighbor who walks on the bridge. Another neighbor, Billy Avellan, said he’s been documenting the vandalism and that the issue has been going on for months. “I first reported it to 311 six months ago,” said Avellan. “It’s sad. I walk this bridge every day, I can’t take a regular walk that you tax me for every time – because it’s too dark. It’s not safe.“ Earlier this year Los Angeles city leaders called for action against the ongoing copper theft in the city, stating that it was costing taxpayers millions of dollars to replace. At a press conference back in January, city leaders called for a $400,000 plan to create a “copper wire theft task force” to help curb the crime. “I’m tasking our bureau to figure out a better way to reinforce you know it’s not a question of if they come back it’s a question when they come back - it’s almost virtually impossible for them to steal it,” said Councilmember Kevin de León.

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22 posted on 06/12/2024 4:18:14 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: dhs12345

You’re correct. We should be telling the fools to pound sand and go away. We should do the right thing; which is to produce oil and coal while slowly, securely, methodically work on any possible better alternatives. But there is no money and graft in that.


23 posted on 06/12/2024 4:23:52 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: Mark

Here you have to show photo ID and the junk yards have cameras just like banks. Even if you just have a few bags of aluminum cans.

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24 posted on 06/12/2024 4:28:29 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DuncanWaring

Aluminum is a lousy conductor.
Plus they will steal the aluminum also...the metal is at very high prices nowadays.


25 posted on 06/12/2024 4:58:44 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Red Badger

Remember how often you’d pull into a gas station only to find all the hoses on the pumps stolen?


26 posted on 06/12/2024 5:16:30 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes, very sad........


27 posted on 06/12/2024 5:27:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: kaktuskid

Aluminum’s not a great conductor, but it’s far from lousy.

The price of scrap aluminum these days is about a tenth of the price of scrap copper.


28 posted on 06/12/2024 5:44:49 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Red Badger
It was a wild and lawless tie until the Regulators cleaned things up.


29 posted on 06/12/2024 5:47:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: DuncanWaring

Your idea is the only thing that makes sense. Would need larger gauge wire to carry equivalent loads, but compared to copper, aluminum is cheap. having the charging station display the fact and those that can read will get the idea. The size & weight of the cabling should be a deterrent all in itself.


30 posted on 06/12/2024 5:54:43 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Trailer with an IC based electrical generation.


31 posted on 06/12/2024 6:07:14 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: DuncanWaring

Use hemp wires.


32 posted on 06/12/2024 6:09:28 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Committees of Vigilance.


33 posted on 06/12/2024 6:11:45 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Tell It Right

Unless you want to be confined to a 75 mile radius, you’re gonna want to charge those things somewhere else from time to time. Just one more reason EVs have not caught on in my home State. (200 registered out of 230,000 vehicles)

How come no one has ‘cordless charging’ for EVs like for cell phones? That would keep the meth heads and other scrap stealers out of the equation.


34 posted on 06/12/2024 6:20:54 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Stand Fast! God knows what He is doing!)
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To: Red Badger

IF they changed the charging system thus:

An ‘UMBILICAL CORD” system carried in the vehicle by the vehicle owner.

It plugs INTO the VEHICLE & into the charger-—2 “male” ends-—remove & take with vehicles when you are done.

Current system invites vandalism.


35 posted on 06/12/2024 6:22:11 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t understand. Copper is $4.45 per pound. What are those cables worth for copper? Like $10? Maybe they sell the cables rather than sell them for copper.


36 posted on 06/12/2024 6:23:58 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: Red Badger

EVs are about as practical as having a 747-400 for grocery shopping and buzzing the kids to school.


37 posted on 06/12/2024 6:31:31 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Red Badger

Lack of public safety distorts the market.


38 posted on 06/12/2024 6:51:04 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Red Badger

An EV housing it’s own charging cable apparently doesn’t make sense.


39 posted on 06/12/2024 8:34:06 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: ridesthemiles

So owners of EVs need 24 hour security for their vehicles? Can’t park them inside the garage, for fear of a fire that takes out the entire structure.


40 posted on 06/12/2024 8:41:02 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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