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That assumes that the sticker price is the only externality. If it breaks, one has to throw away the toaster and order a new one, potentially being without toas
by jfim 5y ago
That assumes that the sticker price is the only externality. If it breaks, one has to throw away the toaster and order a new one, potentially being without toast while the new one is shipped.
For me, it's less about cost and more about not leaving a pile of cheap toasters in a landfill for future generations.
- Gigachad 5y agoFor me, there is a store I can walk to and pick up a new toaster within 200m, and I have never seen a toaster break since they are dead simple. Avoiding needless landfill is by far the most important part here but a toaster is pretty low on the priority list. Food packaging and just food production in general for a year would outweigh several lifetimes of toasters.