Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Efficiency of the Flush Toilet

I've already written about the amazing William Nordhaus' papers on the technical progress in light emission and computation power. I have another another (crude) example: have you notice the improvements on the flush toilets? The newer ones do their jobs with much less water than the older models.
(Am I the only one who pays attention to this kind of stuff?)

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