Bristol

Nobody likes a bent copper. You can’t get them in the machines.

Via the Avon and Somerset Constabulary:

Police are asking to residents in Bristol to be vigilant following several incidents of copper theft.

In recent weeks copper piping has been stolen from a number of electricity sub-stations in North Bristol. Concentrated in the BS9 and BS10 areas offenders have been breaking into the substations and stealing the copper piping inside. To do this they are pulling out plugs carrying 11,000 volts which puts themselves at risk but can send extra voltage to nearby homes and damage electrical appliances.

Speaking about the offences, Detective Constable Matt Stanford from Southmead CID said: "These offences are mainly in the North Bristol area in places such as Henbury Road and Sea Mills. The people committing these offences need to be aware of the danger they are putting themselves in. They also put at risk homes in the surrounding area which could well damage televisions and other electrical equipment. Homeowners can us tackle the problem, and in doing so reduce the risk of their homes being affected by remaining vigilant and reporting anything suspicious to the police."

Anyone with information should contact Southmead CID on 0845 456 7000. Alternatively contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via www.crimestoppers-org.uk - they never ask your name or trace your call. Call the charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org We never ask for your name or trace your call.

Copper is currently trading on the London Metals Exchange at USD $7,384.00 per tonne, which is about £4.87 a kilogram. Not really worth the danger, I think. For example:

John Roberts, aged 39, then fled from Park Mills before driving to his girlfriend's house in Bramley in a panic where his hair, skin and t-shirt began burning off.

Mr Roberts, of Winrose Avenue, Belle Isle, died in the burns unit at Pinderfields General Hospital 10 days later where he had 37 per cent burns.

That’s one of almost a million search results for “copper thief death”

Following on from yesterday’s post, I’ve rung up Bristol council and established that four council representatives are in the delegation visiting Bristol’s twin town Hannover to learn about being a host city for an international sporting event.

(Note – personally I don’t subscribe to climate alarmism, but the Council do and they’re the ones swanning around by plane)

Assuming they flew to Hannover from Bristol via Amsterdam, that’s 252 kg (552 lb) of CO2 for the first leg, and 200kg (440 lb) for the second leg. Double up for the return flights and that gets you a total of 900 kg of scary CO2. Add in a bit extra for the hotel, restaurant, civic reception, canapés, corporate box at a football match, champagne and taxis, and you’ve got about half the maximum “safe” annual carbon emissions for one person.

I imagine the Council will be purchasing Indulgences (Carbon Offsets) to cover these emissions, which means I can write another blog post ridiculing that.

All for information you can get off the internet. Play us out, Sir Cliff.