I don't think so. And I believe this kind of thinking ("we can't have new technologies out in public bc they would get ruined") holds us back from creating a better society. Look how many cool things south Korea has in public that work great! If its possible there, its possible elsewhere and we should copy their model. There will always be people who mess up property, but with the right laws, enforcement, and maintenance funding, damage would be minimal. Social programs that help youths in vulnerable areas also go a long way in preventing vandalism. If solar structures became a predominant part of our cities, people would get used to them quickly and most of them would be just fine. They just need to have workers to maintain them, and cities should post massive fines for vandalizing them, and have security cameras, which we already have everywhere. There are lots of ways to address that problem. We can't let the fear of a new public good getting ruined keep us from moving forward

I don't think so. And I believe this kind of thinking ("we can't have new technologies out in public bc they would get ruined") holds us back from creating a better society. Look how many cool things south Korea has in public that work great! If its possible there, its possible elsewhere and we should copy their model. There will always be people who mess up property, but with the right laws, enforcement, and maintenance funding, damage would be minimal. Social programs that help youths in vulnerable areas also go a long way in preventing vandalism. If solar structures became a predominant part of our cities, people would get used to them quickly and most of them would be just fine. They just need to have workers to maintain them, and cities should post massive fines for vandalizing them, and have security cameras, which we already have everywhere. There are lots of ways to address that problem. We can't let the fear of a new public good getting ruined keep us from moving forward.

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That may be true, but not only Americans who vandalize places, so it seems rather judgemental to only mention American vandals. Every country has punks who have zero respect for places/ things such as this. It's a shame, but it's a fact. I wish we could wave a magic wand and stop vandals & thugs. This is an awesome idea, though.

Except vandalism is in every country even Singapore .. stop getting "world facts" from bored panda. Worse than those Facebook academics...

There is no magical country where vandalism doesn't happen. Singapore treats them the worst outside of dictatorships and it's still rampant. This bench isn't common in Korea. People who eat this bored panda crap up are hilarious. If I take photos of what's outside Google offices does that mean all of Canada has it?

I don't think so. And I believe this kind of thinking ("we can't have new technologies out in public bc they would get ruined") holds us back from creating a better society. Do you argue for removing all public libraries because people have destroyed books in the past? Like the other reply said, every country has vandalism. To think Korea doesn't have it too its just ignorant. There will always be people who mess up property, but with law enforcement and maintenance, damage would be minimal. (Btw Social programs that help youths in vulnerable areas also go a long way in preventing vandalism.) If solar structures became a predominant part of our cities, people would get used to them quickly and most of them would be just fine. They just need to have workers to maintain them, and post fines for vandalism, and have security cameras, which we already have everywhere. There are lots of ways to address that problem. We can't let the fear of a new public good getting ruined keep us from moving forward.

Make it a tower next to the bench, too tall for youths

I don't think so. And I believe this kind of thinking ("we can't have new technologies out in public bc they would get ruined") holds us back from creating a better society. Look how many cool things south Korea has in public that work great! If its possible there, its possible elsewhere and we should copy their model. There will always be people who mess up property, but with the right laws, enforcement, and maintenance funding, damage would be minimal. Social programs that help youths in vulnerable areas also go a long way in preventing vandalism. If solar structures became a predominant part of our cities, people would get used to them quickly and most of them would be just fine. They just need to have workers to maintain them, and cities should post massive fines for vandalizing them, and have security cameras, which we already have everywhere. There are lots of ways to address that problem. We can't let the fear of a new public good getting ruined keep us from moving forward

Yeah cuz this is actually rare and vandalism doesn't occur in Korea(it's actually rampant do some googling...)

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Homeless people need to charge their cell phones too (yes, sometimes people give them their old cell phones to keep).

Yikes dude.. what are you saying exactly? That because homeless people need a place to sleep, we shouldn't have benches?? Or new technologies that benefit society? You make no sense

Tell me about it, my town (UK) can't even have lifebelts next to the river without twats throwing them in or stealing them. Solar benches wouldn't last a week.

AND in a lot of countries, the government is invested in coal, and the dirty and hard way.