VIDEO: "The Light Bulb Conspiracy"

**ghosthunter** · March 17th, 2012 12:29 PM

The Lightbulb Conspiracy aka Pyramids of Waste
Documentary on planned obsolescence (2010)

**niky** · March 17th, 2012 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

How did I know you were going to post this after what happened this morning? Wahahaha.

You know, thinking about it, the Communists could have destroyed capitalism back in the 70's... simply by selling better lightbulbs, refrigerators and cars to Americans and bankrupting American companies...

**uls** · March 17th, 2012 03:01 PM

gotta keep the economy moving

imagine if stuff were made to last forever

nobody's gonna buy new stuff

**dnomyar** · March 17th, 2012 03:08 PM

hmmm.... missed the good old days where our growing family make do with the old reliable german made beetle. really this folks vagen (people's car) are made to last. One of Hitler's useful contribution to mankind. one that doesn't need water to cool the engine and so gas efficient. back to the drawing board.. let us advocate long-lasting cars, specially at this time of rising oil prices and age of consumerism aka materialism.... great documentary...thank you ghosthunter! kudos, tis well-appreciated.

**donbuggy** · March 18th, 2012 12:57 AM

Owner type jeeps and passenger jeepneys have a long lasting, unchanging design. Local fabricators are not into planned obsolescence.

**Monseratto** · March 18th, 2012 09:14 AM

Why fix if you can add a little more and buy a new one? Daming junk sa bahay namin. Nahihinayang itapon...

**ghosthunter** · March 18th, 2012 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by donbuggy

Owner type jeeps and passenger jeepneys have a long lasting, unchanging design. Local fabricators are not into planned obsolescence.

Owner type jeeps are not mass produced items. They are practically custom made vehicles.

**ghosthunter** · March 18th, 2012 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Why fix if you can add a little more and buy a new one? Daming junk sa bahay namin. Nahihinayang itapon...

For some items, that is the way is has been going. The cost of labor and parts tend to reach the purchase price of a new item so we end up buying a new items even if the old item only needs a minor repair/service to get back to 100% working order.

An example is mobile phones.

**alwayz_yummy** · March 18th, 2012 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

For some items, that is the way is has been going. The cost of labor and parts tend to reach the purchase price of a new item so we end up buying a new items even if the old item only needs a minor repair/service to get back to 100% working order.

An example is mobile phones.

a good examples are:

isuzu crosswind, mitsubishi adventure.... difference lang naman sa bago ay halos aesthetics lang...