Water is important

Changing to leave the gym this morning and dabbing on some makeup I realized behind me water was running and no one was there. Another person had turned on the water and gone into use another part of the restroom...why? Water is one of the most important natural resources we have...it is not to be wasted either. So this water was running on a water bottle...another waste in our country...bottled water.

Careful with what is being flushed down the drain too. Pharmaceuticals, paint and other chemicals should not be flushed down the sink or the toilet. Controlling others' waste is not something that we can do but we can educate ourselves against wasting any resource including water. Remember when you were a kid and mother or dad was always saying, turn off the lights, turn off the water?...it still applies today.

Thinking outside the box...

Thinking back on the washing machine today I have a serious question. Do design engineers think people can not figure out how to run a machine? Computer software Microsoft has been thinking for us for years. Why does everything needs a computer to mess up ordinary life? Do companies really think we are so stupid we can not do simple tasks? These are serious questions.

If someone is so mentally challenged they can not run a machine they need to have help.
That statement is not something I mean lightly. I would never wish mental challenges on any one and yes they do need help, sincerely. The same statement could apply to a normal person (whatever that means) with average intelligence on some type of medication.

The whole point being, allow us to use our brains instead of treating the average consumer with idiot design. I am losing respect for design engineers. The respect for software designers has been gone for a long time...we need trust not brains, we're big people we can figure it out for ourselves.

Engineering

Having bought a new clothes washer and drier this summer we purchased an energy efficient washer. The problem is not the energy, the problem is someone in engineering assumes I do not know how to think for myself.

When it comes to engineering and technology someone in engineering is not smart...the washer has managed to re-program itself and now a light load of clothes is taking 53 minutes. I have been doing laundry for over 4o years. I think I know how long a light load of wash needs as well as any other wash. Can we stop thinking for people and allow them to think for themselves?

So the energy smart clothes washer is now using way too much water...what's more important? Water or energy...ask a almond farmer in California, the answer is water not electricity.

If we are allowed to think for ourselves we could save both energy and water.