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Re: Permanency of VDB (test) (becoming OT)
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Rod Fleming wrote:
> ... Sounds like yet another high-tech solution to a low-tech
> problem. I suspect I am a good deal less green than Judy- I won't rip out my
> beautiful leaky Victorian sash windows to replace them with hermetic modern
> plastic ones and I have a weakness for Jaguar cars; but even I have to
> question the philosophy underlying some of these "solutions".
Thanks for giving me the chance to say I DON'T USE A CLOTHES DRYER, either
-- anyone drops in will find clothes hanging in the hall. In winter it
helps humidify as the steam heat is very drying.
I guess we all have to make our peace with our consciences on these
issues. I gather that except for *automobiles* we as "cottage industry" do
are a mere blip as compared to pollution of industry...
As for wash water --it helps focus the mind if your water is metered at
fairly high rates as ours is. Hypo clear does (according to my tests
anyway) cut wash time by half... During desperate water shortages I salved
my conscience, by -- I'm not making this up -- taking the runoff in pails
and using it to flush toilets. But David Vestal, among others, have shown
that the wash with just a tiny trickle over a longer period in a vertical
washer is every bit as effective...
Judy