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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

SWBTATTReg

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5. Wow. I guess I don't feel bad if one of these crooks accidently electrocutes themselves, am I a bad person?

Reply to DFW (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 02:10 PM

Oct 2024

Not really, but that money is literally coming out of our pockets (via taxes whatever).

No wonder they are trying to develop wireless modes of hauling electric current. You see this in some phones able to recharge themselves now, perhaps one day, eh?

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Colorado: Night thefts of copper wire worth $110,000 disrupted RTD trains 21 times since April [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 OP

Wow. I wonder if this is a common problem everywhere? SWBTATTReg Oct 2024 #1

Yep. duncang Oct 2024 #2

Well, rehabs (housing) is one common area we saw where the wiring was stolen out of some homes SWBTATTReg Oct 2024 #3

It sure is a problem here in Germany DFW Oct 2024 #4

Wow. I guess I don't feel bad if one of these crooks accidently electrocutes themselves, am I a bad person? SWBTATTReg Oct 2024 #5

A high speed train is different from a cell phone, but maybe some day DFW Oct 2024 #7

Better to be safe than sorry. The power line companies have long argued that it's safe under power lines SWBTATTReg Oct 2024 #8

I don't think there is any 100% safe insulation/isolation DFW Oct 2024 #9

I don't think they have had enough studies on these emissions causing such things, being that the power SWBTATTReg Oct 2024 #10

I'm sure you're right DFW Oct 2024 #11

Copper wire thefts on the rise, causing delays for Metro's rail lines - Los Angeles Times mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 #6

We see this happening in Uruguay sanatanadharma Oct 2024 #12