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- In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  These kinds of stories make me wonder whether our society is in the process of crossing a tipping point beyond even relative sustainability: This New York Times story reports, "So many houses have been stripped of siding and copper pipes that neighborhoods must be abandoned and turned into green spaces." Meanwhile, nearby, The Times reports, "As Price of Lead Soars, British Churches Find Holes in Roof". Also recently, Thieves Leave Cars, but Take Catalytic Converters and Rash of phone cable theft and vandalism in Longview-Kelso area. What does it say when we can't afford enough police to secure our lifestyle?
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sunfarstar comments on:
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods

hi. i am sunfarstar,from china shanghai.

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6:41 am 4/15/08
Damianmann comments on:
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods

Jackie…

There’s gotta be a better way than MORE government involvement.

Although, it would be kind of fun if Juniour declared a war on it.

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12:45 am 4/12/08
jhand47201 comments on:
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods

when the cops caught the guy he picked up to go see the body ~~he was telling everyone about it~~ the guy denied he was ever with the "witness" that night. the cops got the security cam video from the drive up window at the burger place that showed them together. the confession followed.

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6:38 pm 4/11/08
jhand47201 comments on:
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods

recently two idiots were going to take the aluminum from a high voltage power line tower. the moron who volunteered to cut the live wires with a bolt cutter died. his buddy left him there to go get another friend to look at the body. of course they had to stop for burgers and fries first. they all got caught fortunately. i think the fault lies with the scrap yard operators. when a person comes in with new copper piping that is in new condition and looks like it is a house worth they should be suspicious. same with structural material. i think they can get away with buying and selling stolen material too easily. the past few weeks have had people caught cutting catalytic converters out from under people’s cars at their homes and in parking lots using a battery powered saw.

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3:55 pm 4/11/08
sunbal87 comments on:
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods

value analysis technique substituted pvc for copper in piping.may be in every application of rich copper, cheaper material substitution should be answer by technology for ugly human thieves of copper products.
sundarrajan balaji
sunbal87

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11:44 am 4/09/08
Jackieboy comments on:
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods

Have the Ones that buy the metals verify the sourse of the metals. This will decrease the market selling value. Also have a 2 ID checks on anyone coming to sell and all reported to local county governments. Make it a crime for interstate transport without proper authorization and charge for this authorization service. This would also decrease the profits of the Theives. You can always get a permit to do the business with heavy fines for infractions. The Driving Force is Money make the county governments take a share to Police it. Jack

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6:00 am 4/09/08
Jeff comments on:
In U.S., Metal Theft Plagues Troubled Neighborhoods

Or perhaps metal detectors ;)

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5:28 pm 4/08/08