Listener Mail: Planned Obsolescence, the Cow Urine Surplus and Ghosts
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Planned Obsolecy of Light Bulbs
Artelas looks at the history of planned obsolescence and how it's been used to sell more stuff. He talks about a German cartel that made light bulbs last for 1,000 hours. Artelas: "The problem was the standardization they created kind of crippled the life span of life bulbs"
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