Nolte: Thieves Steal Tesla’s Electric Vehicle Charging Cables for Copper in California

Breitbart ^ | 05/16/2024 | JOHN NOLTE

[ChicagoConservative27]

3:07 If Democrat-run California wants to force residents into electric vehicles (EVs), Democrat-run California had better start cracking down on crime. Talk about the law of unintended consequences…

“Thieves are targeting high-powered Tesla and other EV charging stations and stealing the heavy cable for the copper metal inside,” reports San Francisco’s NBC affiliate. “In Vallejo, someone cut cables from nine charging stations — leaving Tesla drivers in a bind and causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage and repair costs.”

“I think this is the second time or third that these have been cut,” a local EV driver added. “So they need to put some gates up or something. I don’t know what they can do, but this is pretty inconvenient.”

Don’t you see the beauty of all this…?

EV drivers vote for Democrats.

Democrats pass regulations that demand residents switch to EVs.

Democrats also pass laws that basically decriminalize crime.

[DocRock]

This article reminds to re-read Atlas Shrugged... “A copper wire broke...”

[sonova]

Why can’t they use some kind of WIRELESS CHARGER like we have for cell phones ?

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The energy transfer would be much to slow for any practical use at this time.
There is much to be studied here.

[going hot]

They should simply leave the power on, say 220 V with 100 amps. One jolt and fried thief should do the trick.

They don't often try the transfer stations anymore.

[DoughtyOne]

But they aren’t copper. Aren’t they clad now?

It’s only a copper like coating over some metal alloy. (zinc)

https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/when-did-coins-become-clad.67792/

[DoughtyOne]

That link wasn’t as decent as I had first thought.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=zinc+content+pennies&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&as_filetype=&tbs=

[granite]

Pre-1982 Lincoln cents are 95% Copper and 5% Zinc

1864-1942: 95% copper, 5% zinc, with a small amount of tin added
1943: Steel (no copper)
1944-1982: 95% copper, 5% zinc
1982-present: 2.5% copper, 97.5% zinc (with a copper coating)

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, thanks...

I know they can’t make them out of copper, but 2.5% sure
seems like a rather sad fate for the penny, as if it was
worth much anyway.