[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Too bad none of those things will power a golf cart...

Has anyone researched how they dispose of the windmill turbine blades? Burying them in landfills is great for the environment.
Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

our car can sit for weeks at a time without moving. Sometimes I take the car out for a ride for no other reason than to circulate some fresh gas through the fuel delivery system and prevent the tires from getting flat spots.

This is one reason I don't have a golf cart.
My Highlander is paid for.
Without a golf cart more room in the garage.
By use my SUV, I prevent the above problem.

And hey, here's the best part, it's air conditioned..........

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I've always felt that the terms "overpriced" and "overcharging" were absurd.

If something is overpriced, no one would buy it. If a business is not selling enough of an item at a certain price to maintain their business and make a profit, they will lower the price. If they can't make a profit at the lower price, they will stop selling the item or go out of business.

The purpose of a business is to make as much money as possible. Business owners are always looking for that number that will maximize their profits while selling enough of their product.

Overpriced and overcharging are emotional terms. Business is not emotional.

[laboutj]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I've always felt that the terms "overpriced" and "overcharging" were absurd.

If something is overpriced, no one would buy it. If a business is not selling enough of an item at a certain price to maintain their business and make a profit, they will lower the price. If they can't make a profit at the lower price, they will stop selling the item or go out of business.

The purpose of a business is to make as much money as possible. Business owners are always looking for that number that will maximize their profits while selling enough of their product.

Overpriced and overcharging are emotional terms. Business is not emotional.

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Has anyone researched how they dispose of the windmill turbine blades? Burying them in landfills is great for the environment.
Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Life span of a wind turbine blade has a life span of 20-25 years. Germany is already recycling the blades. 90% of wind turbine are recyclable its the fiber gas housing and blades are the 10%. Wish most consumer products cars, washer/dryers, tv’s, fiberglass boats lasted 20 yearsCurrently there are two companies shreading turbine blades in Texas and Iowa adding product to asphalt for road construction along with shreaded tires.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

This is one reason I don't have a golf cart.
My Highlander is paid for.
Without a golf cart more room in the garage.
By use my SUV, I prevent the above problem.

And hey, here's the best part, it's air conditioned..........

Do you play golf?

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by Black Beauty

The cart we bought last fall has gone up a grand!

Correct but in the real world it has only gone up IF you sell it and do not replace it. If it appreciated $1,000 and you sold it you would have 1K in your pocket. If you still need a cart, expect to pay the NEW current market price for the cart, which I suspect would be >1K. Happens in housing all the time.

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Do you play golf?

Yes, I play at golf, meaning I'm more of a duffer then a golfer.
I play golf at a course were the cart comes with the green fees

[sshepard03]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

a few economic terms apply:

***supply and demand

***what the market will bear

***caveat emptor

Well said.
Any product is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay for that product.

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

The purpose of a business is to make as much money as possible. Business owners are always looking for that number that will maximize their profits while selling enough of their product.

To put it another way:
The purpose of a business to STEAL as much as possible for a product that already over priced.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Yes, I play at golf, meaning I'm more of a duffer then a golfer.
I play golf at a course were the cart comes with the green fees

Then you only play off campus? Greenfees in the TV do include a cart, it is $12 to rent a cart for 18 holes. If you're a duffer playing only execs, they don't have carts available unless you park at a nearby championship course and rent a cart there and drive it to the exec.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

To put it another way:
The purpose of a business to STEAL as much as possible for a product that already over priced.

Really must use a dictionary.
take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Businesses taking without permission??
Businesses taking without legal right??

I think you are confused.

[TSO/ISPF]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Really must use a dictionary.
take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Businesses taking without permission??
Businesses taking without legal right??

I think you are confused.

Hopefully supply will catch up with demand but the developers are keeping demand growing so if you want to spend less on a new golf cart you may have to explore the options of buying elsewhere and having it brought here. It's a free country and you have choices.

[Almanurse1]

I second that! REALLY missed the input from John.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Has anyone researched how they dispose of the windmill turbine blades? Burying them in landfills is great for the environment.
Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Have you stopped using any form of plastic? Have you seen photos of the floating islands of plastic in the oceans that are showing up in our fish food supply?

My point is that the post seems to imply windmill turbines are a major recycling problem, my point is it is trivial compared to our use of plastic, and no one is suggesting we stop that.

BTW, the floating island of plastic trash in the pacific is 1.6 million sq km. About twice the size of Texas, and it's very deep. And there are "islands" in all the other oceans. I would rather deal with figuring out how to convert wind turbine blades into road tops, and stop using disposable plastic.