• porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
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    1 hour ago

    Yeah so if you’ve had two months of 35+ degree days and only a couple mm of rain it does nothing but soak up more heat. Like the above commenter said, there are probably places in a sweet spot for this, but it also wouldn’t work in many places. They even addressed your point about rain directly.

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      30 minutes ago

      I might be wrong, but I remember seeing some numbers and your toilet would use more water than a similar system, so I still think it might be worth it (unless you use compost toilet with no water, then the comparison goes kaput). Let me try to find the source