The world is consuming natural resources faster than they can be renewed. Therefore, it is important that products are made to last. Governments should discourage people from constantly buying more up to date or fashionable products. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Over the
last
30
years
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the West has witnessed the East strive for a larger 'piece of the economic
pie'
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pie
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, aiming for similar living standards to the EU and US.
This
has increased pressure on natural resources and prompted suggestions for governments to limit consumption.
This
idea is severely flawed because it reduces product
safety
and building
products
to
last
would harm the poor.
Firstly
, the suggestion that governments should discourage consumers from purchasing 'up to date
products
' would eliminate the opportunity to improve their
safety
.
This
is because as technology improves, new discoveries can be used to increase their utility. Take
for example
the car industry, where technology
such
as ABS brakes, airbags, seat belts have all been derived from a constant flow of improvements.
Therefore
if the authorities were permitted to limit purchases, car companies would be reluctant to invest in new features, and
safety
would never improve.
Secondly
, it is true we are consuming more, through ever-increasing populations,
nevertheless
, the argument that '
products
should be made to
last
' is redundant. If
products
were built stronger they would be more expensive.
This
would harm the less wealthy consumer,
furthermore
with modern technology these
products
can often be recycled at a later date anyway. Glass, plastic, paper, batteries, and even mobile phones are now collected to be re-purposed, reused and recycled.
Therefore
durable
products
are unnecessary and would harm lower-income demographics. To conclude it is clear that if the public sector were allowed to discourage consumption it would harm product improvements and ultimately consumer
safety
. Meddling with product durability would most likely harm the poor.
Therefore
I am strongly opposed to both of these notions.
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