A Static-Free Way To Zap Power Thieves

摘要

Reading electricity meters is not typically a dangerous profession-unless you happen to be employed by AES Eletropaulo. Robson Dourado says residents of Sao Paulo's Morro do Indio slum watch him warily as he makes his rounds, worried he'll detect rogue wires siphoning away power illegally. Some co-workers have lost teeth in encounters with angry customers. To avoid confrontations with the street toughs who walk around with guns tucked into their trousers, Dourado, 28, practices a studied indifference.