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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by Retric on Monday October 31, 2022 @07:06AM (#33404197)
The relationship is many people don’t experience that. Aka it’s a you might experience X not a you will experience X.

A poster mentioned failing to get a cold shower in Singapore, but Singapores ground temperatures are much higher than we are used so well water is going to be ~25C year round and tap water can be significantly warmer than that.

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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by SECProto on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:53PM (#33410808)
People don't experience it because the water heater output is a consistent temperature. There's nothing to experience with increased consumption of electric/gas/heating oil, especially when those concurrently increase for home heating
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Re:Re-using the heat in bathwater in Britain by Retric on Monday October 31, 2022 @07:10PM (#33414646)
That assumes the water going into the water heater changes temperatures which as I just said isn’t always the case. Some people take “cold” showers year round and the tap is very consistent.

Trivially people in the tropics don’t have a winter, but well water can similarly have very consistent temperatures independent of seasons.

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