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Fascinating! >"Heating the equivalent of 1 gallon of water from -60°F to a reasonable liquid distribution temperature (50°F) means heating it up by a whopping
by photochemsyn 2y ago
Fascinating!
>"Heating the equivalent of 1 gallon of water from -60°F to a reasonable liquid distribution temperature (50°F) means heating it up by a whopping 110°F. That’s 268 watt-hours of raw energy required just to bring a single gallon of water up to distribution temperature!
This is one of the reasons we’re restricted to two-minute showers."
Everyone reading this should try to get by on a two-minute shower once a day for one week, to see if we could be candidates for this job.
- jimmyswimmy 2y ago> try to get by on a two-minute shower once a day This is pretty typical aboard ship for smaller vessels on long voyages. Not so hard as it sounds: get wet, turn off; lather up, rinse off, turn off. You can do with 20-30 seconds of water and be quite clean, with some practice. It's not satisfying though. And I can't imagine how those numbers scale if you have long hair, or use conditioner.
- yencabulator 2y agoIf it's not satisfying, you weren't dirty enough. I lived for 3 years in a motorhome roaming around the US, taking a navy shower about every other day -- usually after an exhausting hike, run or maintenance work. It was a delight, every single time.
- verve_rat 2y agoSee also: all the shower scenes in M*A*S*H.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoI like what a cold shower does to my brain. It's uncomfortable in the moment but it sort of stays with you all day in a nice way. I used to time them at 5m when I was building the habit but now I gravitate to around 2m. Admittedly, Colorado "cold" is not Antarctica "cold". Just saying that 2m is plenty of time for a shower if you're not luxuriating in world of steam and shower thoughts.
- SoftTalker 2y agoOr even less often. Daily full-body bathing is unnecessary unless you do very physically demanding or dusty/dirty work.