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Drawing Power

Recharging an electric scooter in Shanghai, with power cable dangled from home window to tree to scooter. Whilst I've never come across any examples using scooters - whether, and in what contexts its OK to hi-jack someone else's power? And whether you would get away with it?

The benefits/drawbacks of a proprietary charging socket - this takes a standard Chinese 2-pin. (Sinophiles will no-doubt be spluttering into their Monday morning congee - there is of course nothing standard about Chinese power sockets). Thought for today: negative network effects such as the ease at which one can steal power.

Writing from Tokyo | November 17, 2008 | Permalink