Originally Posted by
BFisher
No, I'm right.
What you're saying is theoretical and does not match reality. Plenty of good options on the Western Mass Craigslist.
No, you're wrong. There's not nearly the used a availability to meet the demand, though again, it's a great choice when one can find something.
You're "solution" to this theoretical problem amounts to creating more garbage in the long run, not fulfilling some "need" that the next sensationalized portion of the population is lacking. It feels good for a month or a year, but eventually means another huge pile of unused machines. We don't need to make more junk to satisfy our conscience. We should want to put the stuff we relegated to the trash pile prematurely to good use. More waste isn't the answer.
The bike like objects are going to get built and bought, regardless.
My thoughts were about making them be sturdy rather than be garbage, so that fewer would be made, quickly broken, and trashed.
That sturdiness is key if they're going to have second and third lives on the used market, too.