Whether it applies to our automobiles, roadways, or appliances, planned obsolescence is a terrible plague on our country. We have become a throw away society. A refrigerator or television set used to last 10 to 20 years. Now you are lucky if it last 3 years. Planned obsolescense was touted as promoting American job security, but today everything is made in China. Let’s make products in America and let’s make them great.
When it comes to infrastructure, the sad reality is that we can no longer afford to fix our roads. Our infrastructure is in shambles, and our bridges are falling down. We know how to build the best products in the world and how to make them last. Adding ash to asphalt makes it last 10 times as long. The Romans made cement that is still standing, 1,000 years later–we know the formula. It’s highime we make American infrastructure and American products number one in the world again!
I agree Alan. I was just about to write about this, but saw that you beat me to it and some others! Glad to see such high-conscious individuals on here!!!
I bought my car in 2010. I SPECIFICALLY wanted a Japanese car MADE IN Japan because they are known for building products that LAST and that DON’T FAIL… 14 years later I STILL drive the same Honda Hybrid Insight on the SAME Hybrid batteries and I have had ZERO problems with this car!!! The only thing I had to do was change the tires every couple of years and of course replace the fluids and filters, but nothing ever failed in it. Furthermore, they say that you need to replace your Hybrid Lithium batters after 10 years… 14 years later they still are working and I STILL get 45mpg… THIS IS WHAT’S CALLED HIGH QUALITY MANUFACTURING and why Honda will always be known and revered…
However, while my car was fully made in Japan, I know now that they assemble Honda cars in both US and Mexico and so I do not know if these cars are the same quality… But Honda should be an example to all!!!
I heard many times that in the past, toasters lasted 10 years, but now only 1 year and this of course leads to piles and piles of trash and e-waste, which also means we rape and pillage mother Gaia / Mother Nature for more resources in order to make NEW products, which also means MORE WARS - if no one hasn’t understood yet, but these wars are not about ‘terrorists’ as they say. That’s what they say on the news, but at the core there are American companies, Chinese companies, and others taking resources – whether it’s Iraq, Syria, Ukraine… all the same… RESOURCES!
And so this isn’t just about making toasters and cars and TV’s fail, to make people buy more products, this is also about NATURAL RESOURCES and how much we take from Gaia – and if we don’t get smart… these conflicts will continue, and so will the constant polluting of our soil with our garbage, landfills, and e-waste
