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In south africa we have multiple stories of people destroying massive power transmission systems for the smallest piece of copper pipe or conductor thats expose
by beAbU 3y ago
In south africa we have multiple stories of people destroying massive power transmission systems for the smallest piece of copper pipe or conductor thats exposed on the side of a transformer.
Metal theft is almost universally not accompanied by common sense.
- boudin 3y agoIt reminds me of this story, an elderly woman cutting Armenia off the internet after mistaking a fiber with copper https://www.neowin.net/news/75-year-old-granny-cuts-off-the-internet-for-an-entire-country/ https://www.neowin.net/news/75-year-old-granny-cuts-off-the-...
- mynameisnoone 3y agoSouth Africa is one the most unequal and dangerous advanced economies where middle class white people almost universally live in fortified compounds. Desperation, unemployment, and crushing poverty is what drives such property crime. A friend of mine lived in the suburbs of Moscow in 1991. The family was watching TV when suddenly the power went out. It turns out someone stole the power lines to sell for scrap. Infrastructure cannibalism is a sign of civilization on the verge of collapse.
- beAbU 3y agoIm sad to admit that this has happened about a dozen times in my life since the 00s, in South Africa.