Multiple people here have mentioned showering until it's cold.
Why the hell am I only one being responded to with this as if I'm some sort of villain? o.O
Like seriously people, I get it.
The environment is important, if you want to stress the importance of conserving stuff I'm right behind you.
But if you are going do that:
- Don't treat it as a moral crusade of the righteous VS the selfish sinners. That shit's obnoxious, infuriating and it only drives people away.
- Actually acknowledge all the people doing it. Don't randomly set your sights on one person specifically.
Not only is it rude to fellow family members who now have to wait to have the tank fill again,
Our family showers at different times of the day, so it's almost always refilled for the next person.
Plus in the off chance someone else does need to shower, we have 2 of them.
In that case they have access to the same hot water I do.
Now I get the environmental stuff (hence why I'm not bothering to quote any of it, there's nothing to argue).
But no one's being left waiting over this.
If you were in California right now, you would be contributing to the death of that state.
Except I'm not living in California.
Once again, I get the environmental concerns.
But Ontario (or at least my part) is fairing better.
So talking in a hypothetical of be being in X location is pointless, because it's hypothetical.
It'd be like me looking at your diet and then going "If you were in Africa you would be contributing to the starvation of children".
It makes zero sense, and there's no need for me to attack you in such a way since from where you do live no one is being harmed like that.
Seriously. Clean water is the most valuable resource on the planet, and it won't always be there if we keep fucking around with it.
Except the main thing about water is that it *is* renewable.
It's not like I use this water and it's never used again. It will make it way back and be used elsewhere later after being re-filtered.
Now, I get that renewable =/= infinite.
So as we grow in population there's only going to be so much water to go around (and destroying ocean life is not a proper solution).
And I get that re-filtering the water costs power.
But by no means will excessive use of water mean it's no longer going to be there.
It might be more strained, and when my area hits such a state then I'll make a stronger attempt to watch my usage because then it actually is a need for a better society.
But it's not like I'm the only one ever using this water.
The water you wash with goes back down the pipes.
The water you drink you piss back out.
It all goes back to the earth's collection of water to be used another time.
You want to discuss conserving it because as population grows each of us will only have? Fine, that's sharing a set amount of water among a certain number of people.
Want to discuss the heating bills and how it costs a lot of money? Fine, that does impact bills quite a lot.
Want to discuss that heating it costs power, which given our current power sources is not good for the environment. Fine, the planet is important.
But suggesting a reusable resource is going to vanish by being used?
That's not only a low blow, but it's a false blow too.