Of course. Absolutely. For sure. Why didn’t we think of that?
A Brazilian environmental group wants you to save the rainforest by peeing in the shower. Here’s the logic behind the strange request: If a person flushes the toilet just one less time per day it would save 1,157 gallons of water per year. Multiply that by however many Brazilians there are and you save a bunch of water.
The group has even produced a TV commercial to promote the idea. Luckily, it’s animated. The commercial ends by saying, “Pee in the shower! Save the Atlantic rainforest.” You can watch it above. If you really want to.
We see a problem. There’s another eco-wacko ad campaign that tries to convince people to save water by showering with a friend.
We’re pretty sure these two plans just won’t work together. But we really don’t want to think about it.
Source: Discover Magazine
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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can't they just stop cutting down trees? I didn't know water was a problem in a RAINforest.
We could compost human waste and use pretty much zero water...."humanure". However there's too many people that are unwilling or unable to follow instructions properly, so I doubt it will ever catch on big.
http://www.humanurehandbook.com/
George Castanza was way ahead of his time.
Okay, being the green-conscious "thinking" conservative that I am, I tested this. I stood in the shower and "saved the rainforest" for 45 seconds. For those 45 seconds, I could not wash at the same time, as I had to, um, aim (I'm male, I cannot replicate this test this for females). After my shower, I measured the amount of water that the shower sprinkled while I sprinkled: 1.5 gallons. In California we all have low-flow toilets that use 1.6 gallons of water to flush (for #2, multiply by 2). So, it was a wash (no pun intended). I could have just peed in the toilet with the same approximate water consumption as the eco way. Plus, it would not have pissed off my wife, who is now scrubbing the tiles.
Now, there is the possibility that the eco-nuts wanted me to pee in the drain prior to turning on the shower. I suppose I could, but the ankle splashing would be a little too much for me. We non-eco-nuts are a bit more tidy than that.
Seeing my wife on her knees in the shower scrubbing the tiles led me to the thought of testing the showering with a friend idea (I was only allowed to test this with my wife, said my wife). It was a lot more fun, and frankly I don't give a damn how much water I used. And what's two minutes of water anyway, right?
But all this is child's play. Here's a way true ultra eco-green freaks can save even more water, in regards to peeing.