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In article <1993Mar5.065658.19889@netcom.com>, pascal@netcom.com (Richard
Childers) writes:
|> mitch@mills.edu (Mitch Gass) writes:
|> >				  I know that using a
|> >dishwasher uses less water and energy than washing dishes
|> >by hand; ...
|> 
|> Nonsense.

Well, it depends on the hands.  If one asks the question, then
not wasting water/energy is probably a concern, so the dishes
will get washed with less energy by hand than with the dishwasher.
I expect there are people who use more, but they generally
wouldn't care to ask this question.

This is much like the people who turn on the tap in the bathroom,
then 30 seconds later wet the toothbrush, spend 2 minutes brushing,
then rinse off the brush, all the while letting the water run full on.
It never occurred to me that anyone would do this till I read about
it in the paper.

Bottom line: You have to base decisions on your own or possible
behavior, not someone's notion of average (or peak) behavior.

Bruce Nordman
B_Nordman@lbl.gov