In Japan, for example, 10 million people play badminton. Annually one might need 12 shuttles per person. |
It takes 16 feathers, equal to one goose, to make a single feather shuttle. |
This was a counter-weight to the steep rise of prices we might expect due to the lack of feathers. Still, in 30 years the price for a box of 12 shuttles has doubled. |