Cold Showers :(
One of my daily habits involves taking a nice long hot shower. Needless to say, using tens of gallons of gas-heated water doesn’t jive with the environmental goals of this blog. Since there’s no such thing as a nice long cold shower, I figure I can reduce my water consumption and my energy footprint by always taking cold showers. Luckily, here in San Diego the cold water that comes out the tap can actually be quite warm, relatively speaking, but it’s still a little startling.
According to Flex Your Power’s handy little data sheet on the topic, one can spend quite a bit of money on water heating, so I figure to save myself (or a least my homeowners association) a couple of dollars. Also, in an effort to view my cold showers as “refreshing” I’m going to try to take them directly after a jog or some other body-temperature-raising exercise.
July 2nd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
How much gas do you consume per hot shower (or per month)? What are the environmental implications?
July 2nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm
According to the Flex Your Power data sheet, assuming your shower head outputs about 2.2 gallons per minute, you use about 10 therms worth of gas per month, which costs approximately $4 per month.