Exposed: The Shocking Corporate Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know—And Why You’re Somehow Not In Jail
Most modern homes (er, residential construction, inc apts) are built with the cheapest ingredients and I’m not sure they’ll last more than 30 years without requiring a substantial level of exterior refurbishing.
Pilot here.
We’re not flying the airplane unless we know it’s safe. Not ever. Ever.
We’re not interested in dying either.
_austinm:
Aircraft maintenance technician here. All planes have to be maintained under a rigorous schedule. I’m talking specific inspections every 6 months/100 flight hours, more at 12 months/200 hours, and so on. Plus heavy checks (usually labeled by letter– A check, for example). Each one of these checks has a fairly long list of inspections that have to be done. And this isn’t even taking into account the walkaround inspection the pilots have to do before takeoff.
Basically, you have nothing to worry about when you board a plane. Due to the vast amount of government regulation, air travel is as safe as it can possibly be.
The amount of waste that is created in order to fill stores like Walmart and Target with stupid novelty products should make you second guess your buying habits.
AussieMazza:
A friend once said that when buying a product, you should think about its end of life first (e.g. will you donate it, sell it, dispose of it etc)
I now think this way about stuff I buy and try to only buy what I’ll need or will definitely use (and also think about buying things that can be passed on to others when I’m done with them).
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