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Re:In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults by thelastgallon on Sunday October 04, 2026 @08:17AM (#49953261)
Streets have streetlights. Streetlights are on poles. Poles have electricity that lights need. Utility can add chargers. Magically, the problem is solved.
Re:In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults by robocat on Sunday October 04, 2026 @09:03AM (#49953570)
Streetlights are low power.

Car chargers are high power.

For example https://electricbrighton.com/news/considerations-for-lamp-po... says charging times are 18 hours, which is hardly overnight.

Plus you couldn't do it anywhere where thieves steal copper. Car charging cables would quickly become a theft target.

Re:In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults by thelastgallon on Sunday October 04, 2026 @09:10AM (#49953626)
Thats 18 hours if your battery is at 0%.

Most people drive 20 - 40 miles/day, hardly 10% of the battery. You will be fine.

You could also charge at work. They should have more than lamp posts.

Re:In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults by iso1631 on Monday October 05, 2026 @05:58AM (#49962792)
I drive 90-130 miles a day and charge every night using the same power my oven pulls. It costs me 3 cents a mile, or equivalent of about $1 a gallon. It takes about 4 or 5 hours.

> Plus you couldn't do it anywhere where thieves steal copper. Car charging cables would quickly become a theft target.

Are you from the past? This simply doesn't happen. The reality is millions of people drive electric cars, and while there are some issues - mainly around the minority who don't have their own driveway, and the tiny numbers who drive over 70,000km year, it simply works.

People certainly steal diesel though.

Re:In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults by robocat on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @12:53PM (#49995441)
> same power my oven pulls

Exactly the point of the article: that power is many times what a streetlamp uses or can provide.

Your charging likely wouldn't work from a streetlamp.

> Are you from the past?

No need to be snarky. Read guidelines.

I had two brass taps stolen from outside my house and the thieves left the main water line in broken. Worth nothing - maybe it was kids? The plumber cost me plenty to fix it. The inconvenience cost me more. In another suburb I had my spare tire stolen: for the aluminium rim.

I was thinking of catalytic converter thefts: an industry of theft that was constructed around valuable untraceable metals. Fortunately I haven't seen that in my neighborhood.