Subj : Re: 2026 Infrastructure Bill in US; self-driving+
To   : esc
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Jun 12 2023 04:00:36

  Re: Re: 2026 Infrastructure Bill in US; self-driving+
  By: esc to Arelor on Thu Jun 08 2023 09:40 pm

 > Thanks for the feedback. Turns out the dealership has no problem selling a 3

Well, not that the end user of an used car has a way of knowing but consider
this:

If I sell my car because I don't need it anymore or because I need a different
one (say, I need to move merchandise between warehouses and my car is a
peanut), when somebody buys the used car we have managed to reduce the number
of cars that needed to be manufactured by one.

If I sell my car because I am wealthy and posh and can't let my friends see me
driving anything which is not the latest trend, then I get a new trendy car,
then sell the old one, we have two active cars. So far so good. HOwever if I do
that once every three years what I have is (for the sake of simplicity) two
active cars at a given time for the ecological cost of a manufactured car every
three years (when cars can be made to last 10 years without too much work).

The fact I can be wasteful myself arguing that somebody can take advantage of
my crumbs is not comforting and does not really solve the problem.

I see this often with used electronics and get the argument that it is ok to
replace functioning electronics with newer models because you can sell the old
devices and thus you are not increasing the number of devices that need
manufacturing. What happens instead is some of the used electronics hits the
second hand market and are bought but a significant part is wasted partially or
totally.

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