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. π€·π½ββοΈ
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2025
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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. π₯³
What's wrong with BYO (edit: Bring Your Own) cable, where the charger is basically just an outlet? Europe and elsewhere have figured this out.
I have an EV but did not know about BYO cable, so I went to check what it means and yeah, every AC charger I've encountered in Europe is like that. Just a plug, in some cases it's even protected with a metallic cover that unlocks once you've entered your payment information.
It does not work for fast DC charging though.
No, AC only and up to 22kW in Aus (if the AC charger supports 3 phase) if not, 7kW single phase only.
Most cars don't supoort 22kW AC charging anyway and most everyone i know with an ecar charges at home, often off their roof top solar, 80-90% of the time
How do these people not electrocute themselves?
They do sometimes. Stealing copper from active infrastructure is a very risky task
There's no electricity through a charger that's not connected.
The picture they used is a old phone box attached to a pole. It's 1 pair wires attached to the terminals, no one is stripping single pair wires for 1 cent of copper.
If only there was a way to prevent the completely new problem of theft.
Oh oh oh. And the fact that's it's about copper specifically, for EV charging specifically, makes this totally different than theft of anything else of course.