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Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? [1]

Submitted by Don Fitz on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 11:46am

By: 
Kris De Decker
Topic: 
Less of What We Don't Need [2]

The daily shower would be hard to sustain in a world without fossil fuels.  The mist shower, a satisfying but forgotten technology which uses very little water and energy, could be a solution.

The shower doesn’t get much attention in the context of climate change. However, like airplanes [3], cars [4], and heating systems [5], it has become a very wasteful and carbon-intensive way to provide for a basic need: washing the body. Each day, many of us pour roughly 70 litres of hot water over our bodies in order to be “clean”.

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/10/mist-showers-sustainable-decadence.html?... [6]
Tags: 
space heating [7]
wind turbines [8]
Navy shower [9]
fog gun [10]

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[1] http://www.greensocialthought.org/content/mist-showers-sustainable-decadence
[2] http://www.greensocialthought.org/topics/less-what-we-dont-need
[3] https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/09/piston-powered-aircraft-as-fuel-efficient-as-current-average-jet.html
[4] https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/06/citroen-2cv.html
[5] https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/02/heating-people-not-spaces.html
[6] https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/10/mist-showers-sustainable-decadence.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20typepad/krisdedecker/lowtechmagazineenglish%20%28Low-tech%20Magazine%29
[7] http://www.greensocialthought.org/keyword-tags/space-heating
[8] http://www.greensocialthought.org/keyword-tags/wind-turbines
[9] http://www.greensocialthought.org/keyword-tags/navy-shower
[10] http://www.greensocialthought.org/keyword-tags/fog-gun