On 23/03/2016 03:39, Bill Wright wrote:
In the interests of the conservation of materials and energy, should not
DIY, especially the repair of goods, be a priority for the environmental
movement?


Well there is already a subset of them who are keen to promote the
"sharing economy" for tools - something I find hard to argue with if
it's true the average electric drill is used for less than 20 minutes in
its life[1]. Streetclub, Streetbank etc

[1] I suspect that should be "the median total use is less than 20
minutes" given a long tail of well-used drills will increase the mean,
even if trade use is excluded, but can't find the source of the claim.

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Robin
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