"Bob F" wrote


So you waste the water in the pipes either way. If you're washing
by hand (with hot water) you're wasting all the hot water needed to
get the tap up to
temperature, plus the water needed to do the dishes. Seems like an
even stronger argument for a hot-water plumed dishwasher.

How can that be true, no hot water is wasted in a cold fill
dishwasher.

But heating it may cost more, if the water heater is gas, for instance.



In Europe, all fuels are expensive. Last time there I paid the equivalent
of $6.50 a gallon for heating oil. Gas was about the same. The places we
stayed did not have a dishwasher so I could not tell you if it was a cold
water start. Where we were, there was no natural gas either.

Offsetting the price of fuel, wine is good, plentiful, and cheap. You'd be
amazed at what you can get for $2 to $4 a bottle.