High gas prices cause license plate theft wave in New Zealand
We regularly hear about the hydrogen economy and how it will solve a lot of our current transportation and pollution issues. What we hear about less often is that in the 10-20 year interim period until the hydrogen economy is up and running, we're going to have to live through eras like the stolen-license plate economy. New Zealand is leading the way to this glorious future as more and more thieves have been yanking license plates to use later when filling up at the gas station and then driving off. In some cases, thieves target plates on cars that match the one used later to steal gas. In Nelson, NZ, sixteen percent of all thefts were petrol-related, and the Waitakere City Council will replace motorists' license plate screws with free tamper-resistant bolts.
[Source: Stuff.co.nz]
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Howard Lee Harkness 11:03AM (8/14/2006)
"We regularly hear about the hydrogen economy and how it will solve a lot of our current transportation and pollution issues."
Use of hydrogen will not solve any problems, and will make existing transportation and pollution issues much worse. What we have in the above quote is Political Correctness at its worst. Political Correctness makes bad science, and bad economics.
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Neal Martin 4:17PM (8/14/2006)
Had this happen to my mate's car in Auckland New Zealand two weeks ago. The car was under a car cover down a very quiet street. Being a Sunday, he couldn't get more plates ordered, couldn't drive his own car and had to notify police of the theft.
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chuck goolsbee 1:25PM (8/15/2006)
Note to the Editors: Beat the writer who produced this piece with a big stryofoam cricket bat.
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