My question (and I am being serious), do you save any "energy" by using twice the time to do the same job?
Well, look at me using gallons of water from a shower hose to clean a toilet! Other people flush over and over again, but you have to wait for the water to fill the tank. Al Gore never cared about the environment, it’s a kind of snake oil religion that makes them money. Before he dies, he’ll probably have a net worth of a billion dollars just for making middle-class housewives miserable and their houses dirty.
No you dont save energy with the new designs. But some doob in Washington has met a goal. Less water and less heated water I would guess.