Again, you're missing the point. You have the false assumption that the cost to produce the tire and sell it at 50USD is higher than the cost to produce the tire that lasts 8 years. For the concept that we are referring to with planned obsolescence : It isn't.
There is no additional cost to the manufacturer that would require an increase in cost to the consumer of 500% to make the tire last 8 years. That's the point that these groups are trying to bring across, the reason the tire does not last longer is simply Greed. The problem with that is that the planet cannot sustain it. Not some hippie, tree hugger reason. It can all be brought back to MONEY. So take the economic meltdown we just experienced, and shift it ten, twenty years into the future and magnify it ten times. Think of the entire United States buckling under the death of its youth, spiraling cancer and heart disease rates and being forced to fight wars in several countries due to dwindling natural resources. Wars which it cannot sustain. That is the problem that true capitalists are seeing. This method of manufacture, distribution and disposal is creating an unsustainable bubble that will crash all our investments. 2009/11/22 Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>: > > That said, what would you rather spend, $50 for a new tire each year > or $300 for a tire that lasts 8 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308240 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
