Dishwashers save more water than washing by hand?

It would take me 2 weeks to fill up my dishwasher with just dishes and utensils. Regardless I would always wash my pots and pans by hand, I always reuse my glass and or wash it right after use and would not wash it in the dishwasher either as it dulls or gets pots. We have a modern dishwasher and it does not clean dishes completely, remaining food is caked on, the dishes take for ever to dry if you do not use the heater, if you use the heater it waste electricity and heats up your kitchen in the hot summers. Oh and it seems to create a warm moist environment which bacteria thrive on. create a sauna in the dish washer which bacteria love and thrive. I use next to no water as I wash all my dishes after using them I use a non sponge brush, scrub everything with out using water then rinse everything at once, it takes less time then it does to put in and take out of the dishwasher. This study is absurd.

Michael Mantion

- April 7, 2009 @ 02:04 pm PDT

My favorite part of this article is that it states that one must 'change to a modern dishwasher every few years, as appliances are made more efficient over time'...

This fails to take into account the environmental damage caused by mechanical waste products that are generated by replacing products that frequently; Far more waste than by replacing a simple sponge, it can be assured.

Then again there is a disclosure- 'keeping in mind that it's presented by Electrolux'... Enough said.

Legal Alien

- May 6, 2009 @ 07:05 pm PDT