"Omelet" > wrote

> "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.

> 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,

There's your problem. You think it's running water the whole time.
That using a dishwasher to do dishes uses less water than handwashing
has been proven scientifically. Also, you are not taking into account
that the water a dishwasher uses washes all the dishes I dirty in 3 or 4
days, not some water every day. The more dishes you wash, the more
water you use. I run a full load and it's done with that one small amount
of water.

Regardless, don't use a dishwasher, it's everyone's personal choice,
but don't give dishwashers all these bad attributes they don't deserve.
Ditto self-cleaning ovens. Just you don't use them. No need to
badmouth them.

nancy