Would it help fight global warming if everyone washed their dishes by hand instead of using the dishwasher?

Answer 1

I don't know where i heard this but i think dish washers actualy help to conserve water. Especialy used at night. So take your pick..lower emissions and use up all the water or save water and emit crabon dioxide into atmospehre.

Answer 2

Allot of newer dishwashers not only use less electricity but also less water.
But.. Still.. This is a really good question.

What has me thinking ... Is the use of the water?

Most car-wash sites recycles there water ... especially in locations where certain states have water restrictions.

What if someone could find away of reusing home filtered water? Could this help with states that are trying to cope with water shortages and droughts?

Answer 3

That all depends on how you wash the dishes, doesn't it? If you use a low energy/water use washer in a drought prone area and you use it efficiently - like loading it to the max, then an automatic dishwasher can be much more energy efficient than washing and rinsing by hand.

Answer 4

Yes it would help but it would make only a small difference.

I can tell you than domestic and commercial power consumption accounts for just over 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions. In comparison to the overall amount of power consumed dishwashers are only going to account for a very small amount (don't know just how much).

However, lots of small savings add up to larger savings and it could be these small measures that buy us enough time to implement schemes to combat global warming.

Answer 5

Yes.
Manual dishwashing uses less electricty (just kitchen lights) than a dishwaser. I am assuming your electricity comes from natural gas or coal. Therefore you are reducing your emissions.
However, I'm sure there are more effective steps that can be taken, even on an individual level.

Answer 6

Well supposedly dishwashers use less water. So that means less water to clean to send to our homes. Also dishwashers supposedly use little energy. Mandatory Solar panels on every home then a tax credit for doing it would be a big help.

Answer 7

It would truly depend on how many dishes they will wash and how often.I would dearly love a dishwasher,there is 2 of us and I hate doing the dishes and would gladly turn a knob once a week for clean dishes....

Answer 8

I hope so, as I dislike using a dishwasher.
Washing dishes by hand doesn't use electricity, and the water could be recycled for cleaning or watering plants.

Answer 9

some but hardly enough to save humanity
as a part of a whole range of other things ,
a componant of an attitude ,yes its a good idea ,
here is more

the best we can do as individuals is be more responsible ,in our own neck of the woods

organise well publicized clean up parties ,talk on the radio
have citizan meetings
get the shools involved to plant trees and listen to environmental awareness talks,

that is what we do in Mexico

POSITIVE ACTIONS
print Tshirts with slogans ,hang posters all over the place (with recycled paper if possible)

classify trash take out all the organic waste and make compost with it ,the worst you can do is throw it with the trash

70% of contamination is due to organic waste that is mixed in with the garbage .
and it is just as bad in the sewer where it helps to breed rats and in the landfill it poisons the ground

and it is the easiest to take care of
o first of all we have to clasify trash at least keep the organic to one side ,like in a plasic bin with a lid

if you got a few meters of ground ,you only need 1 or 2 square meters in a shallow hole ,in the shade ,that you can wet now and again ,where you dump everything that is organic ,from toilet paper,bones vegetable cuttings ,eggshells,,dead bodies ,excrement ,and cover regularly with leaves to keep humid and to hide any smell
the worms will come and decompose the wastes truning it into beautifull blck soil for the garden of flower pots .

if you are in a apartment ,if you have a balcony get a big plastic bin drill some holes in the side and lid ,

and add a few buckets of sand now and again to put over the trash ,you should realt stir or move the stuff at times to airate it and ensure that the decomposition is overall ,keep moist

this rubbish does not get big very fast and the thing works for a long time with out getting full

got a compost heap in the garden for 6 years ,have added tons of banana poles ,and palm leaves at times tree trunks ,the mountain goes up and down and never seems to get any bigger ,the stuff rots and becomes a very fine black compost of high density

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global warming cannot be stopped but we can stop helping it becoming faster,and being friendlier to out Environment cannot be bad

if you do any cleaning up leave signs behind saying who cleaned,why and ask people not to start dumping rubbish again ,leave a hole or bins ,in case people come with trash ,

we have done a lot of comunity cleaning and if you dont leave alternatives or try to work on peoples guilt feelings (some people actually have those ,but not many)
than your efforts are a waste of time.

these are Al gores sites
http://events.stepitup2007.org/............
http://www.stepitup2007.org/

http://events.stepitup2007.org/............


if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to slowdown the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´population

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

here are a 100 more ways

http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p...

Answer 10

i assume an identical reason that we use any variety of gadget, in my view don't have one the condominium is to small. i think of i could like a diswasher that regarded alot like Hugh Jackman and elect to bathe dishes without a shirt on