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Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by Joker_vD on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @06:24PM (#37154692)
In some desperate places, people would cut down aluminum power lines and sell them to scrapyards for some quick buck. But copper power lines? Those would be in a similar danger in many more places.
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Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by Roark66 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:46AM (#37157712)
Not only in desperate places. I heard last year (or the year before) someone stole few km of train wire in Germany. Although to this day some people think it was a Russian sabotage rather than genuine theft. Previously (for example in Poland) I used to hear about things like this all the time until maybe a decade ago.
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Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday August 17, 2023 @04:28AM (#37158758)
They steal buried copper cables in rural locations (UK) by attaching one end to a truck and driving off. Mostly seems to be communication lines.
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Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by lazide on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:43AM (#37172087)
Tying a high voltage power line to a truck is a recipe for an exploding/melting truck, long before someone could pull it down.

Communication/low voltage is a different matter of course.

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