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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearly we haven\u2019t plumbed the bottom of the well of climate absurdity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why you should embrace using cold water, almost all the time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heating water gobbles energy, leading to higher utility bills and more planet-warming emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Allyson Chiu<\/a>
May 12, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may not be giving a second thought to setting your washing machine on the hot cycle, cranking your showers to a steamy temperature or scrubbing your dirty dishes under a stream of scalding water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you did, you\u2019d find that you probably don\u2019t need to use so much hot water \u2014 and that you could be saving energy and cutting your utility bills. Water heating is responsible for more than 10 percent<\/a> of both annual residential energy use and consumer utility costs, the biggest share after air conditioning and heating<\/a>, according to the Energy Department. An American household uses an average of 64 gallons of hot water a day<\/a> \u2014 close to the amount needed to fill an average bathtub<\/a>\u2014 by doing laundry, showering, washing the dishes and running kitchen and bathroom faucets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there are home improvements that can help you cut back on the energy it takes to heat water, including installing a heat pump water heater<\/a>, one easy solution is to switch to cold water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf you\u2019re wasting cold water to get your hot water, then you\u2019re really wasting both water and the energy resources,\u201d she said. \u201cThose energy resources still come largely from fossil fuels, and so they\u2019re adding to emissions in the environment at a time when we really need to be doing everything we can to reduce carbon emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2024\/05\/11\/cold-water-laundry-shower-dishes\/#<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The real question in my mind, how is the climate movement going to top this absurdity? Self flagellation every time you are tempted by machine age transport? Drinking your own pee to save water? Comment suggestions welcome, but please keep them family friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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