Why? To save the planet of course. Cut down on those Green House Gases. Bad science makes bad politics makes bad products.
I bought a Speed Queen. The last of the American made washing machines. Add more water if you want. Run at maximum heat if you want. New rules in 2015 may make this washer the last of it's kind. Sad to say.
The problem too with these enviro mentals is that they play a shell game.
All their “fixing” something to reduce “damage” to the earth is shifting 1problem to another aspect.
You are aware that all these clothes are now almost all cold wash, right? Yes, so we don’t use electricity to heat up water!
Now we need detergents that will clean better. What happens to those soaps?
These people are nothing but fascist jackasses. And it’s all a shifting game. The only way any of this works for “the sainted earth” is if we go to the stone age and do not try to make up for any deficiencies caused by these whackos.
Just be dirty, then the world will be clean!
I don’t know what you are talking about. The very first washer I just went looking for was a Kenmore, which allows a hot wash with hot water from your hot water line, AND has an additional heating element which allows it to heat the hot water even hotter. It is energy star compliant. Based on that and my experience hot water washers are readily available.
That said, unless you are a ditch digger, logger or such which regularly gets heavily soiled clothes. Hot water is usually unnecessary, and wasteful. Hot water does have some cleaning advantages, but it has some disadvantages as well.
http://www.ehow.com/info_8510687_cold-hot-water-laundry-washing.html
This simple answer is probably best “cold water is sufficient to clean sweat, skin cells, oil and odors from clothes, and is preferred for washing colors and blood stains. but for really dirty clothes, especially if there is poop or barf, you should wash in hot water.” From https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090205171411AA4XO9Y