AWF Slowing Down (3 Viewers)

[Uncle Gizmo]

In 1974, I started my apprenticeship on £9.81 per week!

I understand this was approximately a 3rd of a man's wage...

 

[BlueSpruce]

In 1974, I started my apprenticeship on £9.81 per week!

I understand this was approximately a 3rd of a man's wage...

A British pound was equivalent to US$2.74 in 1974.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

 

[Isaac]

Copper must be doing well, nobody around here can keep an outdoor item that contains copper for longer 'n a week before the homeless find it and claw it away

 

[BlueSpruce]

Copper must be doing well, nobody around here can keep an outdoor item that contains copper for longer 'n a week before the homeless find it and claw it away

Outdoors? I have seen squatters strip down all copper plumbing from houses. Maybe it's time to move to a safer neighbourhood.

 

[AccessBlaster]

We need to make certain things illegal for recycling yards to accept from the public. Like catalytic converters industrial wire some building materials. If we put the onus on the recycling business we might get better results than we are currently experiencing.

 

[BlueSpruce]

We need to make certain things illegal for recycling yards to accept from the public. Like catalytic converters industrial wire some building materials. If we put the onus on the recycling business we might get better results than we are currently experiencing.

They would lobby legislature against doing that. Recyclers are making lots of money from stolen metals.

 

[AccessBlaster]

They would lobby legislature against doing that. Recyclers are making lots of money from stolen metals.

Well that's it then, the thieves win. On to the next unsolvable problem!

 

[BlueSpruce]

Well that's it then, the thieves win. On to the next unsolvable problem!

What I have seen done is undercover law enforcement profiling and intercepting people arriving with shopping carts full of copper wire and plumbing, but letting through the carts of smashed aluminim cans. Industry has been replacing copper with other metals, so there's not much copper left out there. Pennies are no longer made of copper, and now those zinc pennies will no longer be minted. Catalytic converters are no longer made with platinum, or rhodium. So industry has adapted to the thieves and to lower cost replacements. What's next for thieves? .. rare earth metals, lithium batteries, etc.

 

[AccessBlaster]

What I have seen done is undercover law enforcement profiling and intercepting people arriving with shopping carts full of copper wire and plumbing, but letting through the carts of smashed aluminim cans. I

What your describing is the status quo, if that solution worked we would see a decline in thefts. My solution would threaten the business licenses of shady operators.

 

[BlueSpruce]

What your describing is the status quo, if that solution worked we would see a decline in thefts. My solution would threaten the business licenses of shady operators.

I lost count on how many thieves have died electrocuted from trying to steal copper wire, and how many times people complained they have no power, cable tv, or telephone service because of wire theft. There's a saying of "not even the nails on a cross are safe from being stolen". The shady operators probably bribe to be left alone to their devices.

 

[BlueSpruce]

In the future, these massive energy centers will be built much like modern stadiums holding local taxpayers hostage with threats to move to another city that’s willing to pay.

Perhaps in the future massive AI datacenters will not be required as technology advances. Look at the computer evolution. We used to have mainframes that took up acres of space, and now a laptop has more computing power, storage capacity, and less power consumption. Back in 1980 I thought an 80MB removable Control Data disk pack was a great thing, and now we have 8TB SSD's that fit inside a laptop. I think Musk is experimenting with interfacing human brains with AI to create quantum based biological computers.