Re: The water miser washing machine

> On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 11:34 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>> The appliance that could save billions of liters of water has been
>> developed at least 50 years ago and is ready to be purchased at least
>> since that time. If all the vertically rotating washing machines were
>> replaced by typical horizontally rotating ones, the savings would be as
>> much if not more. Yet it doesn't happen... for some strange reason :)
>
> I don't see the reasons as strange.
>
> The fact is different regions have different factors that influence
> appliance design.
>
> In many areas of the world water is a scarce expensive resource. In
> others it's not.
>
> Where I live water is so cheap one barely notices when the water bill is
> paid (the water bill in my area only arrives every 3 months, and it
> often less the $100). As a result, the added expense of a horizontal
> washing machine simply makes no sense for most from a purely economical
> point of view. While the prices have come down, the fact is they are
> still more expensive then the "water wasters", and over the life of the
> product, because of our low cost for water, you'll never recoup those
> costs.
>
> Now, cost is almost never the only factor, and often isn't the primary
> factor, so most mid to upper end machines are now of the "european"
> design.
>
> TTYL
>
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