“Popular everywhere except North America, where Americans use 36.5 billion rolls of toilet paper annually, switching to bathroom bidets could save some 15 million trees”
“Americans use 36.5 billion rolls of toilet paper every year, representing the pulping of some 15 million trees. Says Thomas: “This also involves 473,587,500,000 gallons of water to produce the paper and 253,000 tons of chlorine for bleaching.” He adds that manufacturing requires about 17.3 terawatts of electricity annually and that significant amounts of energy and materials are used in packaging and in transportation to retail outlets.”
“He would like to someday pair a bidet with a composting sawdust toilet for the ultimate green bathroom experience.”
"bidets provide important health benefits such as increased cleanliness and “the therapeutic effect of water on damaged skin (think rashes or hemorrhoids).”
If you want to see Bryan Cranston’s reaction to this type of toilet, it’s all covered in the James Franco movie “Why Him?” - hilarious. Elon Musk makes an appearance.
At that thread count they are actually called swatches. Typically they will be the creme de la creme of Canali and Zegna, the cuts that are just too good to be wearing.
