On 8/25/17 9:14 PM, Iggy wrote:
replying to Ed Pawlowski, Iggy wrote:
Yep, they seem like good deals and maybe they even turn out to be. But,
your
old stuff lasted 20-years or more, was more energy efficient

I don't see how you can claim things were more energy efficient
back when.
Old houses had wooden siding, studs, then plaster. No insulation
in the walls or above the ceilings.
Compare the old tube tvs with the modern ones. It seemed like
the tv repairman was always out at our farm changing tubes. The
channel selector had something like 13 choices. Black and white, not
color tv.
Cars today get a lot better gas mileage. Somewhere in the mid
teens/mile was common. Now it's in the upper 20s/mile. A car used to
be on its way down after 100,000 miles or so. Now they're just well
broken in.
I just added some lights to my trike. The two added LEDs in front
together draw 9 watts, yet outshine the high beam headlight that draws
55 watts. Look at the lighting on semis. The vast majority have LEDs
now. It looks like the trucking companies are retrofitting them to the
trailers.
There's a website, Carpe Diem, written by Mark J. Perry. He's
written a couple articles in the past comparing typical household items
past and present. The hours we work to buy the modern versions is
typically a lot less than in the past.
One article is he
http://www.aei.org/publication/home-appliances-good-old-days-now-theyre-cheaper-better-energy-efficient-ever/
or http://alturl.com/e8rzi
There are more articles there on the subject. Go to the site
http://www.aei.org/publication/blog/carpe-diem/ and search there
for hours worked for an appliance.
Search is right above the guy's head.

Cut rest.