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> The Phelps Dodge Corporation was to produce the bathrooms but they were met with resistance from plumbers fearful of losing their jobs and so the bathrooms we

> The Phelps Dodge Corporation was to produce the bathrooms but they were met with resistance from plumbers fearful of losing their jobs and so the bathrooms were never produced. Say whatever you want about possible issues in real use, they are not why it didn't see the light of market and couldn't even compete or improve...

lazide 4y ago
Says the story propagated by the guy (Buckminster) notorious for spinning conspiracies as to why his product never made it commercially. Every one of his ideas has a story like that associated with it. Personally, I've never met a plumber with that kind of pull, or the kind of time or interest to think up such a thing. They generally get hired to do work, and they never have any shortage of it. They were all too busy plumbing. And my grandfather was a union plumber and pipefitter for several decades shortly after the time that idea got shot down. But it sure sounds good as an excuse doesn't it? And maybe the union heads or the folks managing the building codes (technically plumbers? though usually not) did, but your typical actual plumber would just shrug.
- throwaway290 4y ago
  I don't know how you would assume I would be talking about a single plumber. Yes, it's unions or other ways of collective influence. don't know anything else about the guy except that his map projection has been my favourite for years
  - lazide 4y ago
    You might want to look into him. He has a habit of making ‘looks cool, impractical or a pain in the ass in practice’ things, then blaming conspiracies for why it didn’t catch on.
    - throwaway290 4y ago
      The only two things of his I know is the map and this bathroom both of which strike me as practical. Whether were plumbers against it or not you have supplied no evidence. Occasionally it turns out a conspiracy is not a conspiracy...

lazide 4y ago

Says the story propagated by the guy (Buckminster) notorious for spinning conspiracies as to why his product never made it commercially. Every one of his ideas has a story like that associated with it. Personally, I've never met a plumber with that kind of pull, or the kind of time or interest to think up such a thing. They generally get hired to do work, and they never have any shortage of it. They were all too busy plumbing. And my grandfather was a union plumber and pipefitter for several decades shortly after the time that idea got shot down. But it sure sounds good as an excuse doesn't it? And maybe the union heads or the folks managing the building codes (technically plumbers? though usually not) did, but your typical actual plumber would just shrug.

throwaway290 4y ago
I don't know how you would assume I would be talking about a single plumber. Yes, it's unions or other ways of collective influence. don't know anything else about the guy except that his map projection has been my favourite for years
- lazide 4y ago
  You might want to look into him. He has a habit of making ‘looks cool, impractical or a pain in the ass in practice’ things, then blaming conspiracies for why it didn’t catch on.
  - throwaway290 4y ago
    The only two things of his I know is the map and this bathroom both of which strike me as practical. Whether were plumbers against it or not you have supplied no evidence. Occasionally it turns out a conspiracy is not a conspiracy...