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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,uk.d-i-y
Subject: Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:21:01 +1000
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On 15/07/2024 3:14 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 20:20:02 +1000, Bill Sloman wrote:
> 
>> On 14/07/2024 6:59 pm, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:34:53 +1000, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 14/07/2024 2:33 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:21:22 +1000, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13/07/2024 4:50 am, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>>> On 12/07/2024 17:18, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:57:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
>>>>>>>> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 12/07/2024 16:30, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 7/12/24 16:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/07/2024 15:25, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 09:25:51 +0100, Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:18:39 +1000 Bill Sloman
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/07/2024 7:48 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:30:41 -0700, john larkin wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:33:41 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 7/11/24 13:00, Joe wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:29:33 +0100 The Natural
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Eventually it needs to be sold.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many subcontinentals will take it off your hands no name no pack
>>>>>>> drill wise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And not bother paying you for it either. If the government doesn't
>>>>>> know you've got it, it's hard to report the theft.
>>>>>
>>>>> So you don't understand how black markets work either then, Bill.
>>>>
>>>> Oh. I do. And, unlike you and the Natural Philosopher, I do understand
>>>> the risks involved in transacting business there.
>>>
>>> And you appear to be blissfully unaware of the concept of barter!
>>
>> And where does that come into this discussion?
> 
> Because even if your mate Klaus Schwab gets his way and abolishes cash
> transactions, it will still be possible to *exchange* gold for whatever
> you need. Gold ain't going away and if they try to make it illegal it'll
> just become more valuable - like everything else they've tried that stupid
> and counterproductive idea on.

But gold - in that context - is still a medium of exchange, so you 
aren't talking about barter. Making all currency exchanges electronic 
and thus permanently on record is a bureaucrat's dream, but with crooks 
like Putin having lots of political power it isn't going to happen.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney


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