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Is it? Based on what metric. If a glass costs €1 and lasts 1 year, and an unbreakable glass costs €10 and lasts 5 years, that's not a big win.
by ta1243 2y ago
Is it? Based on what metric.
If a glass costs €1 and lasts 1 year, and an unbreakable glass costs €10 and lasts 5 years, that's not a big win.
- dotancohen 2y agoNot if going out and buying the glasses takes time, or if storing additional spare glasses takes precious space, or cleaning the broken glass takes workers' time, or if the broken glass could be a hazard, or there may be supply issues with getting the same uniform glasses years later, or any other number of reasons.
- signatoremo 2y agoOh the new version of the glasses will be cheaper, more durable, lighter, more energy efficient to make. The point remains, longer lasting glasses may or may not be superior.
- pixelfarmer 2y agoIt is all about metrics and how you bend them to whatever you prefer. However, the more this deviates from actual reality, the more likely reality will eventually show up and bust the show in the most horrible way possible.
- dotancohen 2y agoYou don't know that when making the initial purchase.
- xnickb 2y agoThe article talks about sustainability, so clearly Euro isn't the unit to measure that.
- ta1243 2y agoIdeally the cost would include all externalities and thus allow people to judge the value and bare the full cost. But kWh, or grammes of glass, or carbon credits, or whatever you want. Normal glass is very recyclable and doesn't require a lot of energy or resource to recycle. "Long life" glass may well not be recycled at all.
- Tepix 2y agoGlass production requires a lot of energy, doesn't it?
- Tepix 2y agoCreating glass requires a lot of energy, which should be reflected in its price. Chances are creating a much stronger glass will not be much more expensive than a normal glass.
- t43562 2y agoThe problem is really about who gets the benefit of the longevity - e.g. I feel that with LED lightbulbs etc it is mostly the producer who has soaked up the economic benefit. As a user you think it's going to last longer and then for one reason or another it doesn't - they've worked out how to introduce some unreliability. Now you're paying 5x more for 1.5x life. etc etc.