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"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote
>
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Omelet" > wrote
> >>
> >> > Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
> >>
> >> >> I prefer to use the dishwasher because it conserves time, water, and
> >> >> energy
> >> >> to heat the water.
> >>
> >> > Takes me 10 minutes once or twice per day to wash, depending on usage.
> >> >
> >> > I doubt the dishwasher cycle is that short.
> >>
> >> You don't stand there watching it wash the dishes. Takes a few
> >> seconds to put the plates in.
>
> > Sorry, but I find the 10 minutes it takes me to wash dishes to be
> > meditative.
>
> That's fine, no one cares how you do your dishes.

Thank you!!! :-)

> >
> > Dishwashing machines use more power, more water, and they are noisy. :-)
>
> Less water, and quiet. Some you can't even tell are running.
>
> nancy

I still can't see how running a dishwasher for an hour can use less
water than running the sink on low for rinsing for 10 minutes, plus the
very few seconds it takes to heat the water that I use in the soapy
dishpan that it takes literally seconds to fill...

A dishwasher has GOT to burn more electricity!
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