Or a shower?
Did anyone notice? From the Weekly Standard:
the federally mandated toilet which, in compliance with the Energy Policy Act (1992), flushes--or attempts to fl ush--its meager supply of 1.6 gallonsof water. And in the shower, it is possible (although statistically unlikely) that you are one of those lucky Americans who has recently installed a "luxury" shower fixture that features a wide head and multiple nozzles that spray and squirt and otherwise bathe you in a therapeutic avalanche of H2O.If so, you might want to consult your lawyer. For the U.S. Department of Energy, in its newfound zeal to persuade citizens to conserve water, is enforcing the provision of the aforementioned Energy Policy and Conservation Act which requires that a showerhead deliver no more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute at a fl owing water pressure of 80 ounds per square inch. Got that?Until recently, manufacturers understood "showerhead" to mean a device that showers water onto a bather, and each nozzle was considered to be aseparate component in compliance with the 2.5-gallon requirement.But the Obama Energy Department, and its general counsel, Scott Blake Harris, have decided otherwise, and are levying substantial civil penaltieson manufacturers of "luxury" showerheads.So far, the heavy hand of the DOE has fallen on manufacturers only.But just as it is a violation of federal law for a homeowner to install a 3.5-gallon, pre-Al Gore toilet in the bathroom of his private home, THE SCRAPBOOK assumes that the Obama administration will soon require citizens to bathe in compliance with its mandatory showerhead regulations.Or face prosecution. "Did Congress limit consumer choice?" asks Mr. Harris in the Wall Street Journal. "Absolutely. When you waste water, you waste energy."
Get ready for Sheryl Crowe mandates on toilet paper. Fo the public good, you see.
6 comments:
Gah!
How we take a dump has to be next on the list of regulations!
Al Gore?!!?!!
I crap bigger than that guy.
there toilets that flush 18 golf balls on little over a gallon.
water will become a serious survival problem for most in the near future. 8 years ago in El Paso TX, each household was allowed so much water for a fairly fair price.. over that amount it got really expensive.. a small lawn would cost about $125 a month to water.. beyond a point water cost $18 a cubic foot. the real problem was that you could not drink that water. i would gag trying. if i managed to force down a half glass i was nauseous for a half hour. the Arsenic/Selenium levels were both 50 ppb. USDA says 10 ppd is acceptable
this is a break down of toxicity
senic Level in Tap Water
(in parts per billion, or ppb) Approximate Total Cancer Risk
(assuming 2 liters consumed/day)
0.5 ppb 1 in 10,000
1 ppb 1 in 5,000
3 ppb 1 in 1,667
4 ppb 1 in 1,250
5 ppb 1 in 1,000
10 ppb 1 in 500
20 ppb 1 in 250
25 ppb 1 in 200
50 ppb 1 in 100
30 years ago it was said .3 ppb was barely acceptable by the scientific community. i worked at Shell Research Development Corp. 35 yrs ago.
4 people where i worked died of brain or liver cancer.. in 3 years in El Paso.
we bought water at Kiosks in every shopping center and strip mall in town, we refilled 5 gallon bottles.
in the Seattle in the 70's during a drought there was a $200 fine for not having a valve on the end of a hose if you were using it. there was a fine for watering a lawn.. after a period of watering on certain days.. it was about to the point of water only being available on certain days when the rains came back.
the Seattle to California 7 year drought was a subject of a CBC documentary called 'Weather Wall'. i saw it while living near Canada about the time the drought ended
http://www.angelfire.com/oz/cv/scalarweapons.html
http://nesara.insights2.org/Weather1.html
http://chem11.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=technosphere&action=display&thread=2017
PART..2
i was caught in what was apparently a HHARP DISCHARGE.. i was driving a truck near MO the DJ's on the radio station started screaming about an electrical storm.. they said they went out in the parking lot during the commercials to watch the lightening storm and nearly didn't make it back into the building..
they started relaying the location and direction of the storm minute by minute.. yelling and obviously fearful of local people being killed.. yelling to get inside.. unplug all electrical devices, stay away from windows..DONT GO OUTSIDE.. then i came to a wide turn into a long flat valley right into the storm..!! it wasn't raining but it had and was wet.. the road was lined with parked trucks.. i couldn't pull over... i had to drive thru it.
there was a strike on the ground at least every 500 yards from every strike on the ground.. they stayed on the ground for several seconds and flashed of an on at the same frequency.. flicker..flicker..flicker.. i saw them up close right beside the road.. they were not lightening bolts.. they were discharges.!! they poured down out of the sky about 6-10 inches or as big as a telephone pole.. the surface was like when you pour Lysol into water, it had a swirling billowing 3D surface.. they were like arc light.. it was very disorienting and confusing all the flashes coming from so many directions.. i was in for about 10 minutes.
a month later i heard on the news that a brief strange electrical storm went thru a GA suburb of Atlanta and set 87 houses on fire in 5 minutes..
its raining 8" to 12" in 1 to 2 hours all over the world.. that is water that was spread out. water is going to be a big problem everywhere.. too much or not at all.
during the 7 year drought we had to put bottles of rocks in the toilet to reduce volume, we had a bottle of bleach to put in the water to hold it till the daily flush.. in Seattle they said if it got worse they probably couldn't deliver water by truck but once a week per neighborhood. expect long lines, bring your id to prove you live there. it can get worse really quick.. and neighboring town are not going to allow outsiders to steal their water.
i was in drought relief in the Sahel of the Sahara in the Peace Corp's in '73. there was a regional drought, there were dead people in the street.. i have never got over the realization that the same thing could happen where i came from.. while looking at it, living in it, smelling it, as the song 'Zoot Allures' goes "It stunk so bad the Stones were choke'n".
quit complaining and get ready for it..!
Ahmagetton me a beer.
Black Rain, if something happens to the Sun >> Ocean >> Rain >> LAKE/RIVER >> Ocean cycle, give me a ring.
WHen discovered the midwest's land were called a 'desert' yet after sucking water for nearly 2 centuries to water the entire midwest, even including nearly 10 years in the th 30's of drought, WE'RE OK and the reason is because the sun heats the ocean, and the prevailing global winds are where they are.
When the crusts float the continents around faster you can worry, but you'll be dead, as will we all when tidal waves and megaquakes kill us all.
But the reason won't be the mexican food I had the night before
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