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RE: Daily Dose of Sultnpapper 06/26/18> I just might have been wrong yesterday… but not today.
After doing some research I can say that our consumer habits have been manipulated into where we have ended up along with this planned obsolescence that has been foisted upon us by manufacturers.
I will say that we stopped demanding quality which played right into the hands of those companies as well, kind of the perfect storm if you will.
Ok ... so now that you know this, what are you going to do? Stop buying light bulbs? The problem as I see it is not "consumer demand." It's the fact that product producers (and big corporations) can say -- with impunity -- "You can 'demand' until you're blue in the face. Or you can buy our (crappy) product. Your choice."
Again ... what are you going to do? Stop buying light bulbs. Good luck with that one.
If I were a little younger and a little brighter I would look at designing a light bulb that could be made using a 3D printer and replaceable filament that gives off the actual light so the whole bulb doesn't have to be thrown away. I would then go start a Go Fund Me and Kick Starter account and get the funds to back it and start a little cottage business of making the filaments, since anyone could print their own light bulb bodies they wanted at home. That might be a start, or I could just make my own candles.
The environmentalist groups would love that another light bulb would never have to go to the landfill.