This guy named Buckminster Fuller had a pretty cool idea about 80 years ago. First, the inspiration. He was at the helm of a boat cruising along after having gotten his hands dirty with grease. Must to his surprise, he found that the sea mist was taking the grease off of his hands. After a little experiment back home, he deduced that it was the mistiness that was key.
So here's his idea: have water come out of the faucet and shower as a fine mist. I haven't seen anything like this and it's been 80 years, so I was skeptical. I happened to have a little water spritzer handy and a dirty dish of encrusted pasta sauce, so I ran my own experiment. Guess the results.
Ok, so with about 20 little spritzes of water, my dish was wet enough to wipe clean. The water in the bottle was at room temperature and I didn't use any soap. I'm pretty sure it would have taken me at least a cup or two of water to clean it conventionally, compared to the table spoon or so of water I spritzed.
So what? Well, imagine all the water that could be saved by having spritzing faucets in public restrooms and apartments without dishwashers. Fuller had showers too, but I'm not such a fan of that application.
Run your own experiment at home with an emptied perfume/cologne bottle; or be messed, it's up to you.
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rad it works!
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