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minus-squaregroup_hug@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoBC Hydro is shelling out $12,000 to repair chargers people are destroying in order to sell the copper for a paltry $20-$150 And it’s happening more and more. The waste is unreal. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ev-charger-thefts-rise-9.7323039
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoCopper theft is insane. Doing security I’ve seen buildings after they’ve been stripped and walked in on it being done once. IMO this is late stage capitalism and the rest of us still working have economic guns to our heads.
BC Hydro is shelling out $12,000 to repair chargers people are destroying in order to sell the copper for a paltry $20-$150
And it’s happening more and more. The waste is unreal. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ev-charger-thefts-rise-9.7323039
Copper theft is insane. Doing security I’ve seen buildings after they’ve been stripped and walked in on it being done once.
IMO this is late stage capitalism and the rest of us still working have economic guns to our heads.