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Washing machine which uses one cup of water

Posted by adkool • 6/23/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: invention, washing machine

University of Leeds researchers have developed a washing machine wherein you can wash clothes with just a cup of water. Converting from conventional laundry systems will save 90% of the fresh water associated with washing. Take US domestic washing as an example, that translates into 1.2 billion tonnes of water saved per year, equivalent to 17 million swimming pools. This means it is helping the environment and also saves the owner 30% of direct opertaing cost. read more about how it works.
www.adkool.com/2009/06/washing-machine-that-uses-only-cup-of.html

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6/23/09

cookingasshole

that's amazing!

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6/23/09

lettershome

There are hundreds of communities which don't allow you to dry your laundry on a sunny day in the backyard, so you're forced to use an electric clothes dryer. Simply changing these laws would save millions of tonnes of CO2 per year.

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1. 6/24/09
  
  TigerXtrm
  
  What the hell? What's the logic behind that law?
2. 6/25/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  That washlines full of flapping clothes looks "low class." More of the shift from substance to appearances in what is important to people.
3. 6/25/09
  
  Halconite
  
  Is that so? I thought "washing of dirty linen in public" is the only forbidden in laundry-related things...
4. 6/25/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  I believe the phrase is to "air one's dirty linen" and it originally referred to the habit of putting bedding on the lines to fluff up and air out. Only people of the lowest sort aired their soiled linens in a public place...people with class (and the money to afford a private garden away from the prying eyes of the public) either washed them or aired the dirty stuff privately!
5. 6/25/09
  
  Halconite
  
  Now I know. Thanks again...
6/23/09

SweetViolet

Your blog post takes WAY too long to load and the text is a verbatim copy of this article www.leeds.ac.uk/media/press_releases/current/washing_machine.htm . Not one word of original content, as far as I could see.

I'm not sure I would be interested as there is no information about how it performs with regard to the clothes...sounds like it would be very tough on the fabrics. Also, there is more to laundry than bombarding lipstick stains with plastic pellets to knock it loose from the fibres. How about smells and colour issues?

One cup of water and a handful of plastic pellets to clean my dad's greasy, stinky coveralls or get the sour milk smell out of my niece's spit-up cloths?? I don't think so!

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1. 6/24/09
  
  powerdraw01
  
  I write a blog devoted to washing machines, and I have refused to write about this thing. You will find literally hundreds of posts regurgitating the same crap above. This topic has been bouncing around for over a year with nothing new in that time.
6/23/09

Bullgrit

With two young boys in our house, I'm sometimes doubtful an ocean of water will get their clothes clean.

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1. 6/24/09
  
  adkool
  
  hehe.lol.
6/23/09

exit2013

Is that with a full load of clothes?

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6/25/09

adkool

thanks sweet violet 4 ur comments..

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1. 6/26/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  What you are doing is illegal, unethical, and in violation of this site's TOS.
2. 6/26/09
  
  jaybetee (moderator)
  
  adkool, it would be cool (and legal) of you to cite the sources where you pull the info for your posts. Other people do their own research; if you don't then give credit for the info that other people have provided. It's just the polite thing to do, IMHO.