oikophobia

[BadGuy]

Are you sure your not Amish lol

What the hell does that have to do with anything?

Most Amish do not even have hydro to their property ... NO APPLIANCES

 

[LonesomeDay]

LonesomeDay gosh what washer do you have?

It's a European front loader.

They've done the same thing with vacuum cleaners in the UK - made them more 'energy-efficient' so now they barely suck up any dust at all as using less wattage (voltage).

Luckily I still have my vintage Kirby - it's a powerful beast

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for a second I read Oinkophobia, fear of pigs

lol! me too

 

[BadGuy]

Lots of energy efficient products are not what they are cracked up to be

My area pushed low water consumption toilets ...gave a rebate if you replaced ... turned out lots didn't flush properly and would require a second or third flush ending up using more water than the original

 

[stork_error]

Not sure its the same thing but when I am out, I am sometimes very paranoid at the idea that I may have left the oven or stove on and that my apt has burnt down.

On many occasions I have put things in the oven to warm up and then forgot they are there, So now I don't just use my oven out of fear of burning the place down.