Thread | Brutkey

@cstross@wandering.shop even the "install a rain butt" doesn't do much good with the typical sized butt.

A lot of this stuff is symbolic without actually doing the maths about what works.

It's also about shifting responsibility to the individual.

Building new reservoirs would be more efficient than water butts.

David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

@sean@mastodon.me.uk @cstross@wandering.shop

My house came with a rain butt. It had one because the builders got soy side for installing it. It was connected to a gutter that ran down one side of the shed roof. Not the house roof. Not even the whole shed roof.

After a year, it had about ten centimetres of water, which was enough to slowly dribble out bit if you connected it to a hose it would do nothing.

At the same time, the main drain for the house roof goes down a wall that could have a wall-mounted butt on it and would then provide a decent amount of water pressure and could drive a little irrigation system (it’s also right next to a water main, so could be easily topped up in dry seasons).

So much efficiency is lost from failing to think.