I mean if your shower runs 2.5 gpm and you take a 10 minute shower that's 25 gallons right there. Quick google indicates a dishwasher takes up like 4 gallons, unless it's old in which case it might use 9-14 gallons. Same source indicates up to 27 gallons per load of dishes washed by hand, so, if you're without a dishwasher and you like to not rush through every shower that's over half of that value right there. Even a low flow toilet is 1.6 gallons per flush, and tbh I'm with King of the Hill on that, if it takes multiple flushes to deal with one bowel movement woops ya done fucked up with those. Say you've got IBS and poop like 5 times a day because your digestive system hates you and you don't want to just leave shit festering in the bowl all day. Even if each flush removes everything (my toilet doesn't and I don't even think it's a low flow, toilet just fucking sucks, thanks landlord) that's like another 8 gallons. So if you have to wash dishes by hand and use a lot there and take a reasonably long shower and have Shitty Bowels that's 60 gallons a day just on that. The rest idk but people use a lot of water, cooking, washing clothes, water to take care of plants (not just lawns) whether they're house plants or like vegetables/weed/etc...
a dishwasher takes up like 4 gallons, unless it’s old in which case it might use 9-14 gallons. Same source indicates up to 27 gallons per load of dishes washed by hand
hahahahaha I saw a struggle session on here like a while back where people were saying it was wasteful to use a dishwasher and you should wash by hand. My laziness is vindicated :tofu-cool:
I would definitely do that if there's food chunks still Id rather they go down the drain and be my landlord's problem than have them stuck in the dishwasher filter
To be honest that's a minority thing from my experience. Most white people use their dishwasher if they have it. If you don't have one you're probably lower income or in a space that can't fit one.
Asians and Hispanics have non stop running jokes about how the dishwasher is just a drying rack. Their immigrant parents are worried about the electrical and water use. Most people see highly pressured water that comes out of a modern dishwasher or power washers and don't realize that it's using less water. They just see The velocity of the water and assume it's using more than it actually is.
The reason the water usage is so low is cause it's recycled over and over through the system. There's absolutely no argument against using a dishwasher.
it wouldn't be so bad if rich fucks and people watering their lawns would be stopped. Like there's a desal plant in San Diego county that produces 50 million gallons a day, wikipedia says it "services the needs of 100,000 customers" but 50 million divided by 72 gallons each is almost 700,000 people. People be wastin' water
It's a bit tricky to come to a "customers" number because not all water usage is residential, so I feel like I'd need some details on their calculations.
I mean if your shower runs 2.5 gpm and you take a 10 minute shower that's 25 gallons right there. Quick google indicates a dishwasher takes up like 4 gallons, unless it's old in which case it might use 9-14 gallons. Same source indicates up to 27 gallons per load of dishes washed by hand, so, if you're without a dishwasher and you like to not rush through every shower that's over half of that value right there. Even a low flow toilet is 1.6 gallons per flush, and tbh I'm with King of the Hill on that, if it takes multiple flushes to deal with one bowel movement woops ya done fucked up with those. Say you've got IBS and poop like 5 times a day because your digestive system hates you and you don't want to just leave shit festering in the bowl all day. Even if each flush removes everything (my toilet doesn't and I don't even think it's a low flow, toilet just fucking sucks, thanks landlord) that's like another 8 gallons. So if you have to wash dishes by hand and use a lot there and take a reasonably long shower and have Shitty Bowels that's 60 gallons a day just on that. The rest idk but people use a lot of water, cooking, washing clothes, water to take care of plants (not just lawns) whether they're house plants or like vegetables/weed/etc...
hahahahaha I saw a struggle session on here like a while back where people were saying it was wasteful to use a dishwasher and you should wash by hand. My laziness is vindicated :tofu-cool:
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Also the best soap is the powder, not the pods, because you can put some powder in for the prerinse and some in the little box for the main rinse.
The pods/gel are basically just the powder with the water added for you.
I would definitely do that if there's food chunks still Id rather they go down the drain and be my landlord's problem than have them stuck in the dishwasher filter
I mean you could probably use less than 27 gallons but it's hard to imagine beating 4 gallons, lol
To be honest that's a minority thing from my experience. Most white people use their dishwasher if they have it. If you don't have one you're probably lower income or in a space that can't fit one.
Asians and Hispanics have non stop running jokes about how the dishwasher is just a drying rack. Their immigrant parents are worried about the electrical and water use. Most people see highly pressured water that comes out of a modern dishwasher or power washers and don't realize that it's using less water. They just see The velocity of the water and assume it's using more than it actually is.
The reason the water usage is so low is cause it's recycled over and over through the system. There's absolutely no argument against using a dishwasher.
Don't tell that to my in-laws. They go nuts. They also hate the way i wash dishes by my hand so at least i don't have to do that with them around
I remember that.
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it wouldn't be so bad if rich fucks and people watering their lawns would be stopped. Like there's a desal plant in San Diego county that produces 50 million gallons a day, wikipedia says it "services the needs of 100,000 customers" but 50 million divided by 72 gallons each is almost 700,000 people. People be wastin' water
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It's a bit tricky to come to a "customers" number because not all water usage is residential, so I feel like I'd need some details on their calculations.