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If you live in an area with reasonably priced electricity and access to plentiful water. I lived in Honduras for 3 years (2009 - 2012) and laundry consumed far
by voidmain0001 9y ago
If you live in an area with reasonably priced electricity and access to plentiful water. I lived in Honduras for 3 years (2009 - 2012) and laundry consumed far too much of my time because water in the community came twice per week, and electricity was expensive. I had a cistern which was connected to the water main, and I installed a floating shut off valve so that I could leave the valve open to fill with water when it came without notice and invariably I was out working. I couldn't afford a dryer due to high cost of electricity and I was volunteering without any spare income during that period so I had to wash and dry clothes on sunny days. There were people in the community that still washed clothes by hand using a scrub board and I know that they spent many hours weekly on it.
- Simon_says 9y agoEasy solution, just don't be born in Honduras.
- dang 9y agoWould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to HN? We ban accounts that do this repeatedly, and have already had to warn you more than once. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Diederich 9y agoWe have a long ways to go. I haven't read the book, but I strongly suspect that it doesn't suggest that we are finish, or that we rest on our laurels. Feeling good about progress made thus far is an excellent way to provide the motivation necessary to push forward even harder.
- notatoad 9y agoI believe th hour and a half is a global average. So the many hours you spend in Honduras is balanced by the 15 minutes a week I spend on laundry.
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