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  • raspberriesareyummyto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneSpoon rule
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    8 days ago

    This is a valid point, that I am aware of, but it doesn’t help to save energy with dishwashing when you then drive a gas guzzler or waste energy on a high end graphics card or air conditioning ^^ What matters is the overall energy consumption footprint - I prefer to clean my dishes by hand, and save energy elsewhere :p


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    8 days ago

    Orrrr just wash the dishes by hand.

    One of the major myths in the western world is that we somehow need to “save” water in areas where water is abundant. We don’t. We just need to keep it clean. And used water is not “gone”, it goes back into the cycle after sewage treatment.

    The amount of dirt that goes into the wastewater is the same, regardless of whether you wash the dishes with 1 liter of water, or 10. As a matter of fact, “saving water” has gone to such extremes in some parts of Europe, that the freshwater pipes - originally dimensioned for higher throughput - can accumulate dangerous bacteria and every now and then, workers come to open some freshwater valves to freeflow into the street / drains, to accomplish the necessary throughput.


  • Its a tool. It should be designed to be useful as possible to anyone who needs such a tool.

    Twenty years ago I might have agreed. Now, in hindsight, I can say that giving everyone access to computers & thereby the internet has brought out the worst in humanity, including mass-manipulation and authoritarian regimes thanks to people making even worse calls in elections than they used to.





  • There’s people (me, for one) who need the sink for other things (fetching tap water, cleaning countertops, cleaning pots / pans). Also, each to their own but I find it gross to have anything dirty in the sink for extended durations. Yes, also dirty dishwater.