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defrosttoday at 4:09 AM0 repliesview on HN

You're assuming an absence of solar hot water heaters - the world isn't homogenous.

eg. Our household conserves water (we track every litre we bring up to the tanks and filter) and we don't have a dishwasher - hot water is heated by the sun and run-off goes to the grey water tank for the garden.