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UNLESS you work a blue collar job, or any other job that requires you to be outside the whole time, I don’t see the point in showering every day. Especially if you work from home or in a building with AC. It seems excessive and is also a waste of water. But do what you want lmao.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (24 children)

I'll say that Navy Showers should be the norm. Also makes it easier to end the shower instead of standing there at the end.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, water heating is typically the second-largest energy expense in homes (after space heating).[2]

A ten-minute shower takes as much as 230 liters (60 U.S. gal) of water, while a navy shower usually takes as little as 11 liters (3 U.S. gal)

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yea, that 60 gallon thing is absolute worst-case, using a shower head from 40 years ago (which would be plugged up with minerals by now).

I've looked at the numbers everywhere I've lived over the last 25 years, and it's nowhere near 6 gal/min. Virtually every shower head sold since about 1990 limits it to 2 gal/min. You have to go find one that does more.

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Eh, I was shopping with a friend while staying over and they decided to pick up a really cheap shower head, and it made their hot water last 5-10 minutes. Before it would easily last 45min

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