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The world’s longest-burning light bulb has been shining* since 1901, when it was first turned on in Livermore, Calif. (It’s gone out during a couple of power outages, and it was briefly turned off when it was moved in 1903, for a week in 1937, and in 1976 when it was moved again.) The Shelby bulb was never the brightest—it started at 60 watts and has since faded to 4 watts. But what it lacks in lumens it makes up for in design.
Mastermind electrician Adolphe A. Chaillet designed the bulb, and his Shelby Electric Company manufactured it. The carbon filament was the defining feature, allowing the bulb to burn longer and at a lower temperature than tungsten-based Edison bulbs. Still, Shelby built the bulb for only a year. The conspiracy-minded say it was planned obsolescence that doomed the Shelby bulb. The more rational-minded say it was because the carbon filament within was too expensive.
It is said that batteries that last much longer also existed but deepstate profiteers also killed that vision. Elon Musk is trying to revive such technologies, or maybe he is just another profiteer.
One would expect that a socialist country like China would be at the forefront making products that last forever as a way to defeat the capitalist profiteer manufacturer but instead the Chinese are the very worst capitalists of them all with their fake counterfeit products that can’t last a week!
The best socialist products are found in Nordic countries e.g Switzerland where they make watches that run forever and don’t need batteries.
But they in turn charge you a massive capitalist price tag for the watch or leather good.
Seems that you are an employee somewhere working for a dollar. Any businessman looks for repeat customers. Theres different ways of doing this. One is by engineering designs ( choice of materials).
Clearly you very young. In the early 1900s there were very many car companies world wide. VERY MANY!
Usually they were small companies started by ordinary families, mechanics and car enthusiasts. Most car companies started that way anyway including modern big brands merc, toyota, ferrari , lambo etc.
These families made excellent coaches/car bodies. The frames were so rigid they could withstand repeat car crashes. The interiors were hard woods and the best metals around. Only one problem!
These cars lasted for so long they were handed from father to son to grandson. (Even in kenya you would easily find 70 year old cars and lorries. Lorries imported in, some with bullet holes from the World Wars.)
Simply put the factory owner ran out of business since no one was coming back to purchase products. Cars like the Packard or the Studebaker.
Like 80% of British car manufacturers died this way. They made too perfect cars e.g Austin, Austin Healey, Hillman, Jensen ,Jowett etc etc etc
These cars were also assembled by hand and to very exacting standards because these were former coach builders who made fine horse coaches.
So, when you see cars today made from plastic everywhere and everything, wanataka iharibike haraka ndio urudi duka haraka iwezekanavyo. They do it on purpose. Profiteering.
The modern pick up truck for example is an expensive but useless piece of meffi.
You will never see cars like this ever again. The Jensen or Austin healey from England.
These cars were too perfect. The coach styling or bodywork took months to complete. The interior was pure leather, hard woods and finely polished metals.
And they lasted for years handed down from father to son to grandson . Those companies died a painful death.
I actually agree with you here that its about profiteering. The problem with these manufacturers is that they didnt properly study customer metrics. Customer patterns. Did the customers really put a premium on real leather when considering his budget? Along those lines.
It’s not that the customer stopped appreciating genuine leather it’s just that the manufacturer started conning the customer.
Cows, goats and sheep are killed every hour. There is no shortage of leather on planet earth. Some top car manufacturers were even located right next to a cattle ranch if they want the leather delivered daily they can get it cheap. Ni ukora tu kudharau customer and trying to be as cheap as possible.
For instance Ford used to make the best and most attractive station wagons in the U.S.
They were so spacious that travelling salesmen practically lived and slept in these cars. Ford took the time to even put hardwood inside and OUTSIDE the car to make it resemble a sailboat.
This car was practically a house on wheels. It served the family perfectly. Then suddenly they just stopped making it for some fake reasons sijui fuel prices in the middle east. The customer never said or told Ford that he or she can’t afford fuel. Ford hated the fact that these type of cars lasted too many decades.
