The Light Bulb Conspiracy - The Corporate Scam to Make Everything Break (So You Can Buy it Again!)

Edison's first light bulbs were forever.

But like other things where there is a profit to be made, they became disposable.

That's what was driving the economy after the industrial revolution. Industry, factories, processing plants...the beginning of our 'modern' age.

the video says that edisons light bulbs could last as much as 1500 hours and that there was late a bulb produced by another co. that could last 2500 hours. finally it mentions a bulb that was made in shelby ohio that has been burning nonstop in a fire station in liverpool ca. since 1901. the secret of the filament died with the inventor. so no, edison's light bulbs were not forever.

Thats why I wont buy an American car anymore. They are all peices of shit, made out of plastic.

A Japanese made car will last 3 times longer.

teslas first light bulb you mean. it only happened because of him. you fuckshit.

Right on op. just last week while I was throwing out a "broken" box fan at work, my co-worker stopped me and said he'd fix it. 10 min later the 50 plus year old fan was working... The dude sprayed it down with WD-40 and whacked it with a hammer. Try that shit today and the cheap plastic would end up in pieces... I'm still shocked the damn thing was able to turn on.

Just thought I'd share.

WD-40, gum, paperclip, pocket knife = the fix everything for a little while kit.

This is why capitalism is killing the planet. Profits over everything else.

If this were true wouldn't it make more sense to have the products fail AFTER the warranty expires, that way the manufacturer is not on the hook for the cost of the repair?

Bullshit, it's because people have no values anymore that they seek profit unethically

The LED's "may" last that long, but the electronic components, ie Capacitors, won't. So therefore the new LED bulbs probably will last 5 years.

Thats why I wont buy an American car anymore. They are all peices of shit, made out of plastic.

A Japanese made car will last 3 times longer.

really? i have a 1964 nova w ith a 2002 engine, does 27 to the gallon and never breaks down. costs me about 1200 a year to mintain and repaint every few years when its no longer cherry.

I used to work in a plant that made parts for both Dodge and Toyota. The Dodge parts were flimsy and were even allowed to leave the factory with flack (small slivers of plastic leftover after the molding process) attached.

But the Toyota parts were a whole other ballgame. Sturdy, dashboard components filled with reinforcing material, ect. A rep from the company even came freq. to inspect the facility and process too. We were even asked to give more attention to those components.

I think it's the whole "honor" thing in Japan that keeps companies there honest.

really? i have a 1964 nova w ith a 2002 engine, does 27 to the gallon and never breaks down. costs me about 1200 a year to mintain and repaint every few years when its no longer cherry.

your japanese car lasts 10 years tops and has a tco that is exponentially larger.

buy american from 50 years ago and yr fine ;)

Just yesterday I had to bake my PS3's motherboard in the oven (second time) for about 15 minute so that the solder could "reflow" underneath the GPU and CPU. Had the thing for about five years, keep it clean, sucked out the dust on the inside with a vacuum cleaner attachment monthly, but still got the YLOD (yellow light of death).

I know having the mainboard "reballed" is an option, but the point is I shouldn't have to go through all that just to keep something working that I paid a decent chunk of money for. I read that this fragile lead-free solder they're using in electronics now is causing a lot of the failures, because it becomes brittle do to temperature fluctuations.

Bullshit, it's because people have no values anymore that they seek profit unethically

teslas first light bulb you mean. it only happened because of him. you fuckshit.

The incandescent light bulbs were invented by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1809 ....

Link?

Edison's first light bulbs were forever.

But like other things where there is a profit to be made, they became disposable.

That's what was driving the economy after the industrial revolution. Industry, factories, processing plants...the beginning of our 'modern' age.

I love when you're buying a big ticket item and they ask if you want to buy a warranty for it. It's like, I have to pay more to ensure the likely quality issues will be paid for down the road? Gads.

I used to spend a lot of money on a lot of stuff. I'm not buying toys anymore. All these corporations with their collaboration with my gov't to make my family sick, their greed, their shitty products. Fuck them all. Everyone should just stop buying their shit...starve the beast.