> it also took several hours of my time, which probably cost me more than a new generator. I started rebelling against the idea of "I might as well buy a new o

> it also took several hours of my time, which probably cost me more than a new generator. I started rebelling against the idea of "I might as well buy a new one". The way I see it, if (say) my phone screen breaks I have two choices: I spend $150 fixing it, or I spend $150 buying a new phone. In either case I end up with a working phone, but the second case has generated one phone worth of electronic garbage.