British people advised against showering every day

Residents of the United Kingdom have been advised to skip their daily showers to save money and help the planet. With such a call spoke journalist Alec Marsh in an article for The Spectator magazine.

Marsh wondered when a person had the “inalienable right to take a shower every day.” In his article, he cited data from a YouGov survey from 2018, which says that 62 percent of Britons take a shower at least once a day, consuming “enormous amounts of water.” The water that goes into this procedure, according to the journalist, requires cleaning, processing and heating, which “leaves a massive carbon footprint” and negatively affects the environment.

Irrational consumption of water, as Marsh added, turns into large financial losses, since a fifth of all electricity consumed in the house goes to water heating.

“A shower will get you into a cost-of-living crisis faster than you can towel dry after.” – the author of the article concluded with irony, advising to apply this water procedure once or twice a day and use “cologne with a strong smell” if necessary.

This, he says, will save time and reduce carbon emissions.

Note that this is not the first time that European residents are given such recommendations to save money. So, dermatologist Yaeli Adler advised to “leave the skin alone and do not wash” to allow the bacteria that are necessary for health to multiply. The recommendation to switch to the cat method of washing to get rid of “energy dependence” on Russia caused strong public outrage.

Later, Bild, citing the results of an INSA survey, said that more than half of Germans began to wash less often and faster.

In Germany, they also suggested that drivers drive slowly to defeat Russia, and also recommended eating less meat. Danish European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in turn, proposed to control showering and turn off the water with the words “Take it, Putin!” To save money.