The BS detector is going wild on this one.
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:40 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > % He problably tried to punch a hole into what he thought was the gas tank, > but found out the hard-way it was the EV's high-voltage pack ... Protester > blocked refineries, panic-buying, train driver strike = France's ice > dependency % > > > http://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2016/05/25/french-man-electrocuted-to-death-while-trying-to-steal-petrol-from-electric-car > French man electrocuted to death while trying to steal petrol from electric > car > [20160524] > > [image > > http://ia.tmgrup.com.tr/1502f7/645/344/0/11/800/438?u=http://i.tmgrup.com.tr/dailysabah/2016/05/25/1464202662169.jpg > A photo taken on May 18, 2016 shows a gas station closed due to a > non-supply > from blocked refineries as part of the protest against the government's > planned labour law reforms. (AFP Photo) > ] > > As 4,026 petrol stations experience fuel shortage amid the stand-off > between > workers unions and the French government, people are desperately trying to > find petrol for their vehicles. > > Tragically, this fuel shortage led to a man's painful death in eastern > France on Tuesday. > > A man who ran out of petrol in the middle of the night in France's Basançon > city, hopelessly and in panic sought fuel for his car. > > With no fuel left in France's blockaded petrol stations, the man resorted > to > stealing fuel from another car. > > The man unknowingly tried to pump out fuel from an electric car which > electrocuted him to death. > > He was only noticed when nearby people got a burning smell. > > However, it was too late for him and despite medical treatment he could not > be saved. > > > The incident comes amid fuel shortage in France after the head of the oil > industry federation announced on Wednesday that the country has been using > strategic fuel reserves for two days. > > Many people have been panic-buying and filling their tanks as precaution as > consumption has tripled in areas in the face of widespread blockades of oil > depots by union activists. > > This marks the first time in 6 years that the country has mobilized > strategic oil stocks which has led to an outbreak of protests. > > France has used three out of 115 days of fuel reserves to deal with the > shortages so far. > > About 40 percent of gas stations in the Paris region have been hit by > partial or total shortages, and 11 fuel depots have been unblocked by > police > since the protests. > > Union members at a major oil terminal in the English Channel port city of > Le > Havre plan to block imports on Thursday as part of broader one-day strikes > against the labor bill. > > Meanwhile, train drivers also staged a one-day strike on Wednesday ... > Employers warned the protests were starting to hurt the economy ... > Police broke up a fuel depot blockade with water cannons ... > Ministers insisted that Socialist President Francois Hollande's government > would stand firm and ensure fuel supplies, with strategic reserves large > enough to last more than three months. > > At stake is a labor market reform to make it easier for firms to hire and > fire ... > The contested labor reform included longer workdays, easier layoffs and > weaker unions > Protesters say the bill would badly damage employees' rights. > > The proposal technically maintains the 35-hour workweek, which was > conceived > to fight joblessness –now at a rate hovering at 10 percent- by spreading > work across more people, but still allows companies to organize alternative > working times ... > [© 2016 TURKUVAZ COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICATION CORPORATION] > > > > > http://lechodelaboucle.fr/2016/05/24/penurie-dessence-meurt-electrocute-tentant-de-siphonner-voiture-electrique/ > [French>translate.google>English] > Gas shortage: it dies electrocuted while trying to siphon off an electric > car > May 24, 2016 > > Besançon - "Although ill-gotten never profit" This is a wise proverb which > would probably benefited this unfortunate Bisontin if he had survived the > dramatic misadventure which he suffered that night in the neighborhood of > Chaprais. > > The tank of his car being almost dry and the city's petrol stations that > might not be supplied due to the current blockage of refineries, Bisontin > forty years nightly decides to anticipate the siphoning tank of a car > parked > in a discrete curve of a street near the train station Viotte. > > Although evil has taken him the vehicle in question was an electric car and > a powerful electric arc quickly overcame the criminal intentions of the > individual. Awakened by a strong smell of burning, residents quickly warned > firefighters who, despite their rapid response, have done anything for the > unfortunate. > [© 2016 Echo Boucle] > > > > [dated] > > http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/05/electric_car_charging_illegal_man_arrested_for_charging_electric_car_in.html > Why Did This Man Get Arrested for Charging His Electric Car? > DEC. 5 2013 ... two deputies handcuffed and arrested him at his home. The > charge? Theft of electrical power ... total cost of the 20 minutes of > electricity Kamooneh reportedly used is about 5 cents ... Chamblee Police > Department dismissed the idea that it wasn’t worth arresting someone over a > nickel, telling reporters that “It doesn't matter. He broke the law. He > stole something that wasn't his. … A theft is a theft.” ... > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/French-man-electrocuted-while-trying-to-steal-petrol-from-an-EV-a-burning-smell-was-noticed-tp4682194.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- www.electric-lemon.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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