Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019)
by thefounder on Saturday May 30, 2020 @07:13AM
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>> "Humans make voluntary uncomfortable changes to their way of life all the time"
--- hoping their life will eventually improve(i.e work hard, make more money, then move to a nice neighbourhood where you can enjoy the fruits of your hard work). The religious people hope for a better life in heaven and so on. What's the incentive to for a worse showering experience? What do you get in return?
Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019)
by Spivak on Saturday May 30, 2020 @08:21PM
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Monetary savings would probably be the main motivator for most people. Being seen as virtuous is also a huge motivating factor. That kind of shower being installed by default in hotels, rental properties, and new construction puts a tiny barrier to people being motivated enough to switch.
Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019)
by fulafel on Saturday May 30, 2020 @07:52AM
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Obviously the fight against climate change and saving untold billions of people from misery and death not to mention the rest of the biosphere. And everything that comes with that (like feeling better about yourself and the social/psychgological benefits from being part of a movement for good).
Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019)
by chongli on Saturday May 30, 2020 @09:02AM
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I don’t know about those who volunteer to fight in wars but I’m pretty confident that people become vegans/environmentalists when the social benefits outweigh the costs of doing so. It’s not a coincidence that veganism and environmentalism cluster around left wing ideologies.
For a right wing person in a right wing area to become a vegan would have a social cost, not a social benefit, and thus is much less likely to happen.
Shortening you shower time can feel like too small a change to feel like a meaningful, if anything.