The thing that strikes me as kinda crazy is how these researchers identify lift capacity not increasing as the problem to solve rather than obesity in people. More so since they go on about dignity, comfort and safety. Yeah! Yeah… Maybe solve issues instead of treating symptoms?
We can build lifts that are bigger and that support more weight but then people will just get even more obese and the cycle continues. So why not reduce obesity? It’s also probably way cheaper to reduce obesity (and has health benefits) than it is to rebuild every god damn lift to support more weight and have more floor space.
You’re not going to achieve the complete eradication of obesity in a short enough time, even if society actually gave it a good try (which is unlikely).
Yeah, I hate to say it, but this sounded like the most American take ever, coming from an American. And that is not meant in any positive way at all, I’m afraid.
You need to treat the symptoms until you solve the issue. Also, it’s not the lift manufacturers’ issue to solve.
The question is: How does one fix obesity?
Companies sneak more calories into their foods to make up for the lack of nutrients, like protein and fiber. Thus, increasing the weight of the populous. There’s no fixing it really. Obese people will eventually die off, and those left will be, from our own history, smaller in height and girth.
Congrats, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve read today
Which part?
UK obesity levels not kept up with Capacity of lifts*
British lifts are so weak that they’re incapable of lifting even a single fat guy?
More that lifts haven’t gotten larger (floorspace) as people have become increasingly round, like the walking fucking parodies they are.
Not a problem then. An obese person takes up more floor space, so less people can fit on a lift. Limiting the realistic load it has to carry.
But think of how this discriminates against those poor butter golems. Taking up the space 4 normal people could fit in hurts their feefees. If lifts were bigger they wouldn’t fill half of them single handedly, see?
You’ll find some impressively tiny lifts.
