Economics would have done this anyhow if it had made sense in terms of resources. Dollars are as good a medium as any to express the balance of what people think things are worth.
If it took $10,000 more of truck expenditure to save $20,000 of fuel, people would be willing to consider it. Just as curly bulbs were catching on, slowly, as people who actually found they saved money for certain applications preferred them.
When it becomes a case of we canna’ change the laws of physics, it becomes stupid.
That makes sense. I agree.
Just as curly bulbs were catching on...”
Not in our house and I have one garage wall full of enough of the old fashioned kind to last me until the day I die or 15 more years, whichever comes first.
It’s not so much the change as it is that we are given absolutely no choice. When some government agency decides what we are going to spend our money on and eliminate all choices except for theirs, they have gone too far. In the case of the light bulbs, there should be an ample supply of all kinds so those that want those squirrley curly bulbs can buy them but I can buy the kind I prefer.