Few people repair things anymore - it's too easy to pitch them and go to WalMart (province of China) and by another cheap piece of junk. As such, people don't look at buying products for the long run and manufacturers know this and design and build their products for a designated life-span accordingly. Trust me. I worked in the automotive industry for fifteen years. American cars are built to last SEVEN (7) YEARS because that is the duration for which the law says that a manufacturer must be able to provide repair parts! Now you know why I drive a Volvo (has over 200k miles on it and compression specs on its original untouched engine are still like new).
Americans have the know-how to build the best. At least we used to. Europe and Japan now have the reputations for high quality products. NRST would help bring this back to the good ol' USA. We'd see Americans once again being frugal and industrious fixing and repairing things around the house. Used items that you see everyday in the classifieds would sell like hotcakes. There would be less trash and landfill... the list of side benefits to NRST goes on-and-on! I have my fingers crossed.