Re:Greed and Excess Drive the Climate Crisis, So Why Aren’t ...
by twhitmore on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:54PM
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Greed, excess and short-term capitalism.
My particular beef is disposable/ short-lived goods -- the impact on the Earth of a product that lasts for 30 years is far less than one designed to need replacement after 5.
Yet weenie product managers & vulturous MBAs are constantly engineering things weaker & less repairable.
Sometimes to make the unit cost 0.5 cents cheaper, but perhaps more often to force earlier replacement and another revenue opportunity.
My particular beef is disposable/ short-lived goods -- the impact on the Earth of a product that lasts for 30 years is far less than one designed to need replacement after 5.
Yet weenie product managers & vulturous MBAs are constantly engineering things weaker & less repairable.
Sometimes to make the unit cost 0.5 cents cheaper, but perhaps more often to force earlier replacement and another revenue opportunity.