Well in 10 years or less when your fridge shopping again ….I’ll be looking at that old fridge thats still running…..haven't done the math yet but probably not the savings you think….and we won’t even talk about that 1967 John Deere 4020 that still runs like a champ or the 50s square baler that still chugging along. Just saying….
I have done the math lol, just like the companies have…they are smarter than all of us put together.
In the last 15 years or so energy savings (depending on electric prices) a homeowner saves about 150$ a year comparing a new to old fridge.
depending on purchase price of fridge a new fridge in 2005 paid for itself just by energy savings.
if you still have a fridge from 2000 …you wasted about 75$ this year alone. And prob about 5-600$ so far.
no one is debating the usefulness of older quality equipment but don’t confuse dependable (which isn’t as dependable as one thinks) and less efficient/ less productive production rate.
If someone said a new tractor costs 100,000$ but that tractor on your land can produce 150,000$ more profit either by quicker production or less downtime (a though the parts might be more expensive)…do you take the deal
of course you do…if not we would still have a blacksmith in every town.
additionally finding employees to work on older equipment are getting harder to find, like finding a accountant that still uses green paper and pencil. If the current workforce is trained on neequipment and you are hiring “new” people…you need to have equipment they understand.
Again people have to think bigger picture, how much does it cost to get a new employee to understand older vintage equipment…that training has a cost.
even if the new equipment has the exact same failure and production rate as the old vintage equipment when it’s all added up, “I’m” making more money because I’m not wasting money with extra training per mechsnic.
Or wasting purchasings time sourcing a 20 year older part that’s not being manufactured anymore…that time costs money too.