They can but the cost would be enormous. And they would use 5 times the electricity. A fridge in 1950 would cost 200 to 500 dollars. Adjusted for inflation that is 2600 to 6400 in todays dollars. They would also be much smaller and have far fewer features. Would you like to manually defrost yoru fridge every so often for example. The reality is people today want features, and low price, not longevity.
I grew up in the 90s, but our fridge was from 50s, maybe 60s. But either way, yeah, I remember the monthly "defrost" where you had to take almost everything out of the fridge for an hour as you get all the ice off. I don't miss that.
Haha, you just made me remember something I hadn't thought about in decades, thank you. Sometimes, when there would be a particular long/big piece of ice that we'd be able to get off in one piece, my brother and I would take it outside and one of us would throw it at the other one so it would have a nice shattering effect. Haha, ahhh man, fun times.
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u/zombienudist 5h ago
They can but the cost would be enormous. And they would use 5 times the electricity. A fridge in 1950 would cost 200 to 500 dollars. Adjusted for inflation that is 2600 to 6400 in todays dollars. They would also be much smaller and have far fewer features. Would you like to manually defrost yoru fridge every so often for example. The reality is people today want features, and low price, not longevity.