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Sure, but even today, raw material resources tend not to be the sort of things criminals target directly. You rarely get thieves trying to steal lumber, or iron
by weavejester 15y ago
Sure, but even today, raw material resources tend not to be the sort of things criminals target directly. You rarely get thieves trying to steal lumber, or iron ore, for example, because they have a low price-to-weight ratio.
- archgoon 15y agoI think you need to pay more attention. Lumber: http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-CRIME-c-2011-12-05-190412.114126-sub-Lumber-theft-thwarted-in-Alpharetta-neighborhood.html http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-CRIME-c-2011-12-05-19041... Iron: http://allafrica.com/stories/201112210073.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201112210073.html Steel: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11280/1180364-455.stm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11280/1180364-455.stm Copper: http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/04/16/idUSLG73912 http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/04/16/idUSLG73912 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/06/sheffield-copper-theft-national-rail http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/06/sheffield-cop... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-06/copper-theft/2873346 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-06/copper-theft/2873346
- ramchip 15y agoHe's talking about raw ore, and you're citing articles about concentrated/refined/treated metals and construction lumber.
- weavejester 15y ago1. None of those things are strictly raw materials; they've all been refined, cut or treated in some fashion. 2. Coming up with a several examples doesn't show that such thefts aren't rare in comparison to other thefts.
- duck 15y agoHow about copper? We had someone steal it from the crawlspace of a house we rent out.
- Retric 15y agoIt's a question of scarcity, platinum, gold, silver, and copper still have value, salt does not.
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