Comment by j-bos
2 years ago
Alternatively
Who cares? If they don’t want their oil siphoned they need to be burying their pipelines anyway.
Most would agree that unauthorized draws from common infrastructure resulting in loss is theft.
2 years ago
Alternatively
Who cares? If they don’t want their oil siphoned they need to be burying their pipelines anyway.
Most would agree that unauthorized draws from common infrastructure resulting in loss is theft.
I feel like I would be more sympathetic to this argument if my utility provider wasn’t PG&E.
Theft, yes, how serious? Not very. Basically a rounding error for the power company. They likely see higher loses from things like fence lines installed near power lines.