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Old 08-12-2023, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by bcsnave View Post
Electricity doesn't cost a thing..just ask all the folks with Electric carts that plug in at town squares or other places that are not their own and think they are not stealing fuel
Just how many are "all the folks?" I've read on ToTV that it happens but I've never seen it. And no, I haven't been looking, but I think I would have noticed the extension cords as I stepped over them.

Rough observations but my cart costs about $0.01/mile to charge and adds about seven miles for every hour of charging. That would work out to be about $0.10/hour of charging at residential rates. If someone was plugged in for the entire time music was playing at the square it would come to a little less than $0.50. Stealing is stealing but it would cost far more in labor to patrol the area than would be stolen by a single cart.

There might be a business opportunity there. Construct a "power tree" with a dozen network controlled outlets and charge users $1/hour to plug in.

NOTE: Thank you JMintzer for noticing the post I replied to had been changed.
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