"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 15/05/10 16:07, Bill wrote:
Transition from "American Dream" living to "3rd world country" living.

Do dishes by hand.

That often consumes more water with today's efficient dishwashers.

That's true. According to the user manual for my dishwasher, the most
efficient cycle uses less than 6 gallons of water to do a full load.

However, for the cost of the dishwasher, it's possible to buy enough water
to float a boat. In my municipality, the water department calculated that
filling my pool (approximately 20,000 gallons) cost about $20. So the price
of a lower end dishwasher costing around $300 would buy around 300,000
gallons of water at that price, which is enough water to wash an awful lot
of dishes. But then there's the cost of heating the additional water
washing by hand would use over what the dishwasher uses.

Still, it's no contest as far as I'm concerned - a dishwasher is far more
convenient than washing dishes by hand, and is a home appliance I wouldn't
want to be without.