Posted on 06/21/2009 2:43:57 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
I recently bought a front load, eco friendly washer and dryer. This machine virtually uses almost no water. I went online to see if I could get a PG&E rebate on it. It wasn’t green enough! I was amazed it didn’t match their specs, uses a cup too much water I guess.
These machines are actually much cheaper than they used to be. I paid $1200 for the pair.
NO THANK YOU! I'd like to keep the few friends I have, therefore, I'd start using a washboard and a tin wash tub before I buy/use that "green" washing machine. If they want to smell like a damp raccoon that rolled around in some gravels and a fresh dung heap then they can be my guest, but there's no way I'm gonna wash my clothes in that contraption.
This sounds like one of the gags that Rush Limbaugh had on his Radio show many years ago.
You would add almost NO water and your clothing would come out stinking as badly as when it went in.
The Machine was known as the Jupiter 3000 by General Ecclectic.
You can hear it at his parody archive.I guess he didn’t know how ahead of his time he really was.
Look for a $1 per gallon water tax in the future if this is successful.
I have been researching these lately.
Major manufacturers offer front loaders that use far less water and energy than old models already. The upfront cost is justified for those who do a lot of loads, can make it up over time with ongoing savings.
The other major issue is reliability. My reading showed me that many of these are not very reliable. Sounds like samsung and bosch are more reliable than average.
In Europe, they may only use 10 cups of water... They have tiny washers to begin with...
The thing is, in a realistic sense, how much difference does it make if a washing machine uses 10 cups or 1 cup?
Not much, unless you can only wash one clothing item at a time...
Just to grow their favorite organic tomato it uses far more water...
People act like using water destroys it. Not so.
And last but not least. There is not shortage of water on the planet. Zip. There are only shortages of cheap water. One can desalinate ocean water with a little effort, it just is more expensive particularly because it takes significant amounts of energy to do. But it is readily doable.
Hey, if someone can make a washing machine that only uses one cup of water and 30% less energy, and that actually CLEANS CLOTHES, then I am fine with it. And if the clothes come out mostly dry, then they can be hung or thrown in a dryer for just a few minutes. All good. Hope the cost is in line with conventional washers, then it will be a hit.
I have one word for the one cup....stupid.
This could be cool for use on a boat, or an RV, or a very remote cabin without consistent well water available... In many applications/locations this would be a great option to have! A single 16 ounce bottle of water could do two loads of laundry...
so is the odor of the people wearing them.
I actually bought it because I was sick to death of agitators tearing everything up. My last machine ripped hubby’s fav sweatshirt apart. I couldn’t tell you how many comforters I replaced because they were bulgy or came apart from being wrapped around the agitator. I love this machine for comforters, blankets, etc. It holds alot and doesn’t tear anything up.
I’ll be the contrarian here and hope that things like this actually work.
Every new bit of technology that allows us to be “green” without altering our lifestyle in any significant way is a huge counterargument to the econazi belief that everyone must return to the stone age for the planet to survive.
Is this like using one sheet of toilet paper?
I do not understand this low water use mania.....
.....Do these things in areas of the desert where there is little to no water to be found.
But leave us alone in areas like the Great Lakes. We use water then it ends up back in the lake. It doesn't get destroyed or disappear.
In fact, the big bad fossil fuel power plants and engines MAKE water by burning H2 with O2 in the boilers and combustion chambers. So the net world water inventory is INCREASING, not decreasing.
I use a clothesline...but just because I’m cheap.
One of the issues Arcelik was concerned about was, what was the limit? Just how far down could you push water consumption? The eventual conclusion was that you couldn't get it lower than enough water to wet all the clothes in the machine. At that limit, though, I didn't think the machine would do a good job of washing. This absorbent bead gimmick is simply a way of getting around the absence of enough water to carry off the dirt.
Typical bureaucratic nannyism.
The greenies don't want to do this though because that would take one of the items away from them that they are using to control us.
It would be nice, but I just keep thinking about diapers. If you are green, you would use cloth diapers for a baby, right? Anyone who has ever used them knows washing them is the ultimate test to see if your washer and soap really cleans. I wonder how a load of diapers for a one year old would come out of this machine.
62 years ago, I joined the U.S. Army National Guard and soon found myself a bunkmate of one Fay Kay Ray; fond of drink and frolic alike, after but a few brews Fay could be heard throughout the camp making solemn promises one day to commit gentle matricide for the crime of having cursed him with such a rhythmic but cruel name; I can but wonder what the same time spent with this hapless fellow would have brought:
“Green-friendly washing machine uses just one cup of water
Peter Stiff”
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