Comments on: World Toilet Paper Consumption, Mapped

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:19:13 +0000

"Each person in the United States uses 141 toilet rolls each year"

That equates to 2.5 rolls every week. Your math is flawed. I barely use that in one month.

By: lordmogul

lordmogul — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:34:44 +0000

In reply to Illinois Entrepreneur. water wars aren't that unlikely in the near future even without bidets

By: Simon Jester

Simon Jester — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:11:32 +0000

Unclear what Nigerians are up to.

By: Darkcloud

Darkcloud — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:57:28 +0000

Lots of behinds that need tending to…

So the writers solution..?

Any alternative is going to be attacked for the same “reason”…

By: Illinois Entrepreneur

Illinois Entrepreneur — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:22:49 +0000

If the entire world switched to bidets, we would be subject to myriad articles complaining of “skyrocketing water consumption, which is killing the earth’s ecosystem.” We would read about Water Wars and the destabilization of water scarce regions.

I think it’s generally a good thing to draw attention to scarce resources and prevent waste through knowledge. But these articles border on “guilt trips” and the snowflake generations start to tremble and then agitate the rest of us with their activism.

The fact is that trees grow back, and ALL toilet paper is essentially “recycled.” These are pine trees that are specifically grown for this purpose, like any other crop. They are not grown for decorative reasons, or to replace old growth forests.

It’s no different than the corn, soybeans and cotton that is grown every year. Will we hear about “miles and miles” of jeans and cotton shirts next?

By: Cornfed

Cornfed — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:11:08 +0000

Well, this is one issue where Mother Earth is gonna have to take a hit. I’ll use what’s needed, if you know what I mean. If I have to kill a few trees, so be it.