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4 comments to "Culture of Repair."
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wah
July 27th, 2006 at
7:21 pm
Very cool. It’s hard to imagine how much stuff we waste here in the U.S. I try to be pretty good about it, but don’t nearly push the kind of efficiency that seems to be required in some of the harsher social environments on this lil’ rock.
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Thermus
July 28th, 2006 at
11:42 am
I have to agree with this. I’m by no means an environmentalist and I love the US, but it is quite disgusting how being a wealthy nation entitles US manufacturers to create non-user-servicable products. Too frequently, they’d rather you throw the whole thing away than sell you a replacement part.
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John
July 28th, 2006 at
3:52 pm
I have long been an advocate of fixing something first before buying a new one. Cell phones and cameras are a big favorite of thing to have fixed as opposed to buying new ones. I understand that new innovation is driven by obsolescence of products but if a small part (like a pager motor) is all that’s busted go and have it fixed. I’m glad we don’t do that with cars…
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ruibert
August 3rd, 2006 at
8:00 pm
heck, i’d love to repair things here too, if it didn’t take three weeks, cost $300 and end in them telling you they can’t fix it and you have to buy a new one anyway.
/bitter
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