Lame showers, dishwashers that don't work, and dirty clothes

I stopped reading there. This guy clearly has an agenda to push. Reminds me of a similar BS article a couple years ago bemoaning the lack of phosphates or something in soap, and calling out "government overreach" every other sentence.

If there is a scientific case to make for these supposed household woes (which I don't think there is), it can be made without appeal to a political ideal.

EDIT: Oh shit, I forced myself to keep reading and he got around to phosphates. It's probably the same guy.

My experience is exactly the opposite. After replacing an 80's era toilet with a modern one, it flushes much better (despite using a lot less water). Water pressure also doesn't effect toilet flushes (excluding commercial tankless toilets), it just effects how quickly the tank refills.

Did it?

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/proctor-gam...

> But P&G already stopped using phosphates in laundry detergent sold across the US in the early 1990s as part of a voluntary commitment from the American Cleaning Institute, an industry group of which the company is a member. It also removed phosphates from its detergents sold in the Europe several years ago.

And while Mr. Tucker offers good reasons to remove flow restrictors from showers - domestic water use is only 2% of the nation's total - he doesn't tell us why phosphates were removed from soap, just complains that his clothes are dirty (big ol' [citation needed] on that, by the way.)

Apparently phosphates damage the environment, leading to algal blooms and fish die-offs. But it's fine. I'll gladly read Mr. Tucker's article blaming the government for his inability to go fishing or swimming if phosphates are added back to laundry detergent.

He also blames "the government", a nebulous entity, but only seventeen states seem to have banned soap manufacturers from using phosphates in soap. An odd tack for someone who I would expect to be pro-states'-rights: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132072122/it-s-not-your-fault-...

There's all I need to know to stop reading: the author doesn't even know enough about how toilets work to write intelligently on the topic. (The point being that water pressure has nothing to do with anything but refilling the reservoir tank.)

Go buy phosphates at the hardware store to add to your washer? Now I'm picturing someone who took Ayn Rand just a little too seriously, stamping his foot like a toddler "don't you tell me what to do, no matter how much it shits all over everything for everyone else!" And then just makes shit up without critical thinking as long it supports the narrative. Because gummint. (BTW, I recall soap makers advertising their lack of phosphates before individual states started banning phosphates, probably because the overwhelming evidence said it was bad. So without wasting time on references to refute an article not worth refuting, I call bullshit on this one, too.)

In terms of dishwashers, I will be looking for 240v or a miele/bosch.

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Because either way, I see no reason to allow this website, and 99% of others, to do this.

Ugh. There is no way I would entrust the protection of our environment to "the signaling system of prices".