Although most kids probably hate to take either, you might be interested in knowing that the bathtub in your house holds between 40 and 45 gallons of water.
But when you take a shower, say for about five minutes, you are using only about 15 to 20 gallons of water.
So if you are interested in conserving water and the energy needed to heat it, you are better off with the shower.
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This is such a misleading tidbit. People take from this “Showers use less water than baths.”
My standard response: Okay, so if I take a 20 minute shower (low water pressure and waist length hair makes it impossible to be clean in 5 minutes) am I still saving water?
Just because MEN only need “5 minutes” to shower it does not follow that ALL showers are only 5 minutes long.
(And just for the record, every guy I know who takes a “5 minute” shower actually takes a 10 minute shower. So… maybe you should be comparing a 10 and a 15 minute shower’s water usage to a bath – just to provide useful information and lessen the bad information out there in the world)
Just a thought.
Also, even though your bathtub can hold 40 gallons how many is an adult going to use considering water displacement? I’m 6′1″ and 200 pounds. If I filled the bathtub with 40 gallons and got in over half of that would pour out over the floor. I’ve estimated that my baths only use about 13-15 gallons. For me, baths use less energy.
I prefer showers.
Honestly, I take baths when I need to cool down or just relax, but I rarely do that. I always take hot, or sometimes even cool showers, I think its best that we do everything in our power to reserve the water and do all good for our ecostystem.
Love,
The Anonomous;<3
well i personally think that you use more water when taking a bath than taking a shower, plus if you take a shower you might get much cleaner.
who cares as long as you get clean…… nerds