Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Techly, an online publication aimed at Millennials, has advised its audience to save the world by peeing while taking a shower.
Worried about climate change? Do something about it and start peeing in the shower
According to science, you could actively help to save the planet by peeing in the shower. And we have Colbert to back us up.
It’s all about reducing the times you flush. The average flush of a modern toilet takes about six litres of water, and the average adult pees about seven times every day. I suspect that number rises during Oktoberfest, but you get the general idea.
The point is, you’re using 42 litres of water every single day just to flush your pee. Multiply that by however many adults on the planet use a toilet every day and you get a very worrying scenario.
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Read more: https://www.techly.com.au/2017/12/06/worried-climate-change-something-start-peeing-shower/
The Techly article includes a Brazilian Government video which provides the same advice;
I can’t fault their logic. If you think wasting water is damaging the planet, not flushing up to 15,000 litres every year is a substantial saving.
Skeptics might be concerned that any water saving would be mitigated by confused parents furiously cleansing suddenly very smelly shower cubicles, but it seems unlikely most Millennials would take this possibility into consideration.
“The Techly article includes a Brazilian Government video which provides the same advice”
well that was mentioned here in 2009
They claim this is sound science
but it’s not ..well until the parents have inspected the shower stalls
Only then can you say it’s been … “pee reviewed”
Where does the ‘used’ water go after you flush the toilet? A parallel universe? This is what comes from indoctrinating two generations of children with “environmentalism” instead of real science and critical thinking.
Nothing against peeing in the shower (as long as you are showering and it washes down instead of getting trapped in the trap), but the whole idea that it is beneficial to flush less is very wrongheaded. Sewer systems work better with more water in them. The less water that goes down with the solids the sludgier the whole system becomes. Just ask San Francisco, where the sewer system is breaking down from not enough water. The pipes are rotting from the more acidic content and they are clogging. Whotta mess.
That’s for sure.
National Geographic run a moronic adverts telling you to save water because other people on the planet dont have running water…. so if I smell bad and have rotten teeth how does this help? Takes a lot of energy to produce clean water… the solution…. coal, gas? Go to india sometime and check out any pedestrian bridge at your peril…. be careful where you tread… peeing in the shower… non-issue… allegedly its good for removing dead skin from the feet if you like to paddle in it!!
You can do even more for the environment by showering and peeing together with a mate. If you have none, russian women can be hired for that pupose, I am told.
Happy golden showering…
And farting in the park will quash this effect?
No, you should do everything you can to hold that fart until you are in a lift.
Peeing in the shower is just plain bad advice. There is a reason toilets are vented.
And a reason toilets were INvented.
Did you know the toilet seat was invented by a Polish engineer? True. Of course, later an Englishman cut the hole in it. [Brrrrmp-bump!] (Hat tip to Charlie Callas, RIP)
I’ve been peeing in the shower for so many years that I’ve saved the planet several times over.
Do I get a medal?
“Medals, Boris! Vee get medals!”
We have a ‘P’ tree at work…………………………………!
We have a ‘P’ tree at work…………………………………!