Re: {OT} Hey Bambi Butt Holes....why not tax flushes like Oz?

You bought the wrong toilet. Get over it. It's your fault.

Yet, it still takes more energy to clean 100 litres of wastewater than

Jeff

2) Made you look.

Because The Real President Bush, a Republican, signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), which, among other things, imposed a 1.6 gallon per flush limit for toilets made in 1994 or later.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote to Sharx35:

He bought the right toilet but installed it in the wrong room.

What is "wastewater." don't you mean water that has simply been used and returned again to the environment? ANY water that is used it recycled naturally in nature. All the water on earth today has been water, ever since the earth was created.

IF we really wanted to save POTABLE water we should build far more holding dams on our non navigatible waterways, to prevent the vast majority of fresh what from going into the saltwater oceans. If we did that, we could cut our use of imported oil by producing more of our hydroelectricity

Anybody who is not satisfied with their NEW toilets can easily modify them to work properly. All one need do is extent the length of the overflow tube two inches and adjust the water level up two inches, and they will finally work well

It's more like a shortage of water. In addition, it takes more energy (and fresh water) to treat high volume of sewage than a lower volume.

In many parts of the world, there is a shortage of water, including some parts of the US and Middle East.

Another option is to recycle the wastewater directly. (It is already recycled, with rain.) In CA, they're dumping the cleaned wastewater back into the water table. In the space shuttle and space station, let's just say yesterday's pee is today's coffee. There's a yuck factor with recycling waste water, but it works. And in Japan, they are really efficient, even recylcing wash water (from clothes washers) to flush toilets and water grass and gardens.

Are you saying our goofy lefty kooks friends in this NG, poop less often that normal folks? So is THAT why they are full of it most of the time?

That is not true! You are correct about when the Act was created but wrong on the content. The agency, set up by that act, left the regulations to be set by the EPA.

If you write to your Congressmen to ask for any change to the environmental laws that you are for or against, they will tell you the Congress has no power over the EPA, you need write to the EPA or bring litigation the get any regulatory changes.

Congress does not WANT that type of hassle. The Disability Act is another that is left the regulators and the courts to be set rules.

Why do YOU think low flush toilets came into existence?

Your a little slower today I see. From what you post you obviously believe it was a 'good idea' for the US government to regulate the amount of water that could be used by a toilet and a washing machine. ;)

Where did I say that?

Jeff

In areas where there are real water shortages, who do YOU think should regulate water usage, so people with swimming pools aren't using water that's needed for more crucial purposes?