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Youre also forgetting another component which is that the instrastructure gets torn down or stolen because it has market value. The replacement, maintenance, an
by thinkingkong 2y ago
Youre also forgetting another component which is that the instrastructure gets torn down or stolen because it has market value. The replacement, maintenance, and security of wired grids is likely higher.
- curiousmind96 2y agoWhy would infrastructure get torn down once it’s in place?
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- dgacmu 2y agoCopper wire has high resale value. So do solar panels. Copper theft is a problem worldwide, including the US.
- atonse 2y agoI was at my local Home Depot last weekend and the rep told me that just a few weeks prior, a couple people stole a couple rolls of electrical wire (romex) and the value was over $4,000 because of the cost of the copper in it. I was buying a 15ft strand and it was $18.
- philipkglass 2y agoCopper as a commodity is currently worth under $5/pound: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/copper https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/copper It's probably worth even less if you have to resell wire to recycling businesses of the "no questions about where you got it" variety. Are these wire rolls large enough to contain a thousand pounds of copper?
- atonse 2y agoNot sure but the price tag of each roll was about $1,500. So I think it was a 1000ft spool.
- zdragnar 2y agoThe local militia or government wants money and doesn't care overmuch about the locals themselves, presumably.