One of the reasons that kitchen appliances don't last as long as the older models is "energy efficient" motors. These motors are simply lighter duty types of motors. They do use less energy, but they have shorter life expectencies. You don't get something for nothing.
The energy companies have essentially externalized some of their infras…
One of the reasons that kitchen appliances don't last as long as the older models is "energy efficient" motors. These motors are simply lighter duty types of motors. They do use less energy, but they have shorter life expectencies. You don't get something for nothing.
The energy companies have essentially externalized some of their infrastructure costs onto the consumers. Instead of investing dollars in increased energy generation capacity, they have convinced consumers to spend their own money on more frequent appliance replacement.
A better approach, given limitations on energy generation, would be to encourage consumers to only purchase and use those appliances that they really need, instead of encouraging the endless expansion of the use of electricity using gadgets.
Are you referring to REAL Korean products for Korean consumers? In Stuttgart Germany is the Mercedes Benz factory. One side produces Mercedes for the American consumer. They are pieces of garbage, easily the least reliable models on the road. The other side of the factory produces Mercedes for German consumers. These are the cars that still last 400,000 miles.
One of the reasons that kitchen appliances don't last as long as the older models is "energy efficient" motors. These motors are simply lighter duty types of motors. They do use less energy, but they have shorter life expectencies. You don't get something for nothing.
The energy companies have essentially externalized some of their infrastructure costs onto the consumers. Instead of investing dollars in increased energy generation capacity, they have convinced consumers to spend their own money on more frequent appliance replacement.
A better approach, given limitations on energy generation, would be to encourage consumers to only purchase and use those appliances that they really need, instead of encouraging the endless expansion of the use of electricity using gadgets.
Buy South Korean. You can't kill their products with a sledgehammer.
But I am probably a little biased, as I lived there for several years...
Are you referring to REAL Korean products for Korean consumers? In Stuttgart Germany is the Mercedes Benz factory. One side produces Mercedes for the American consumer. They are pieces of garbage, easily the least reliable models on the road. The other side of the factory produces Mercedes for German consumers. These are the cars that still last 400,000 miles.