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Thoughts about taking baths? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to c/green@lemmy.ml

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We all know that baths take a ton of water, I mean you literally have to fill up a tub, and even the smallest one is pretty big. Plus, you don't need baths, plenty of people only have a shower in their house and they're fine, actually, I'd wager only a minority of people in the world, mostly Westerners, even have access to a personal bathtub.

So what do you think about taking baths (in the Western style where you drain the water after each user, not talking about public baths or hot tubs)? Do you think it's fine occasionally in order to relax? Or do you think the massive water usage is never justified? Going further, do you think new houses should be built without bathtubs, only showers?

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[–] helix@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Why is it that you always pretend the world is so black and white that only westerners have bathtubs?

The last three apartments I lived in in Europe didn't have a bathtub and the house I shortly inhabited in south africa even had a small indoor pool with a shower head.

I think it's pretty much proven that a shower 'uses' 70L or so of water and a bathtub about 200L. The thing is, you can't really use water, only make it dirty.

If you have wastewater treatment, it's mostly irrelevant how much water you use. I guess the most important part is how the water is heated.

I usually just shower and like to take a bath maybe once a month to once a week for relaxation? The more stressed I am, the more baths I take. So stopping human stress may be good for the environment after all...

[–] Tmpod@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Water treatment is also costly and even though you might have a small effect, you should try to use the least water you can. But yeah, heating is definitely a concern too.

[–] jakob@lemmy.schuerz.at -1 points 3 years ago

it belonges to where you live and how much water is there...

you can not store water. if it comes out of a mountain, it will run down. if you use it or not. why not using it?