When you are stealing copper for livelihood your business prowess may already be questionable, but at ~$2.20 per pound can the ROI really be there to scale buildings and hork air conditioning units, break into power substations and cut the grounding cables loose, or scope construction sites for scrap wire.
Nearing $3.00 per gallon, gasoline may be a better bet, but OPEC has already cornered black market for petroleum.
Jeremy Floyd is the President at FUNYL Commerce. Formerly, he was the CEO and President of Lirio, Bluegill Creative, a marketing and communications firm in Knoxville, Tennessee. In addition to managing the digital strategies, Floyd was an adjunct professor for the University of Tennessee Chattanooga MBA program teaching digital strategies and social media. Floyd blogs at jeremyfloyd.com and tweets under the name @jfloyd. Jeremy is licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee and holds a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from MTSU in English and Philosophy.