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In article <1992Sep2.180546.25393@cco.caltech.edu> tylerh@cco.caltech.edu (Tyler R. Holcomb) writes:
>
>My understanding is that the answer to the "diaper question" is
>"it depends."  In a place like New York, where the water supply
>is plentiful (for the time being, anyway) and landfill space is
>limited, cloth diapers have a clear advantage.  In drought-ridden
>smoggy Los Angelese, the method that consumes considerable
>water and appreciable amounts of fossil fuels loses.  
>
>I am sorry I don't have more facts at my fingertips; however, I vaguely
>recall this being discussed in Science about 6 months ago.
>
I also vaguely remember  that discussion, but it just doesn't 
wash (if you'll parden the pun):  It seems to me very unlikely
that the amount of wash water used per diaper on average is hugely 
greater than the amount of flush water used per toilet flush.  The
only added resources used are the heat of the wash water and 
whatever detergents are put in it.  Compare that to the paper and
plastic products which go into the disposables.  Also keep in mind
that most cloth diaper users have a diaper service, which uses
water more efficiently than a home washing machine.

If putting human waste into plastic containers and landfilling 
it is so environmentally effective, why don't we *all* put our 
feces in baggies and pop them in the garbage to conserve water
(;-)!