Thursday - November 07, 2013

by order of brussels to members of the union … you will now flush when and how told

By order of Brussels ,,,, you will flush as we tell you.

Hey Tiger, if you’re there.  This is one of those nutty items I was telling you about. May as well share stuff with everyone.

This falls under, I could not make it up. Hell, the thought would never come to me.

EU bureaucrats have spent about two years I believe it it, and £72,000 ( $115,786 ) in 26 countries snf they have discovered that flushing habits vary a lot among diffident peoples and countries.  Shucks ... it can differ in the same country depending on where you are.
Anyway ... if what they want comes into being, it means that Brit loos (toilets) could fall way short of their intended goal.

Oh wait ,,,, EU also wants vacuum cleaners to reduce power. That’s another story later. AND ... a ban on plastic shopping bags they describe as one use and toss. Well, lots of folks reuse those bags for trash and garbage and the newer ones are biodegradable. They say they are.
Yeah ... the powers that be at the European Union want a federal state ok.  I think they might fall apart if the UK pulled out.

Here’s the story. Have to laff. These guys are serious.

By order of Brussels, the Euro flush

EU seeks to standardise the flush on lavatories

European Commission to unveil new EU rules setting a standard flush for lavatories

By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels

The European Union will next week unveil new rules to standardise the flush on lavatories despite the admission that there are “very significant variations” on flushing habits across Europe “including cultural aspects”.

Plans for the harmonised euro-flush will be tabled by the European Commission as part of an “Ecolabel” acting as a gold standard for officially approved lavatories aimed at cutting water use.

Martin Callanan MEP, the leader of the Conservative bloc in the European Parliament and Tory spokesman on EU environment measures, condemned the proposals.

He accused the commission of breaking a promise made by its president José Manuel Barroso, in a Telegraph article last week, to cut red tape by not meddling in “small things”.

“There seems to no limit whatsoever to the commission’s self-conferred licence to interfere,” he said.

“It makes a mockery of Barroso last week supporting our call for less unnecessary red tape! He needs to get a grip of his own bureaucracy.”

The EU standard follows almost three years of work by civil servants and difficulties in the workability of a one-size-fits-all rule for drains that vary greatly from London to Bucharest or from Berlin to Vilnius.

“The user behaviour analysis carried out showed how the average water consumption differs among the EU member states. Also the consumption between citizens of one single country may vary very significantly,” admitted the report.

“A number of parameters play a key role in these observed variations, including cultural aspects.”

Lavatory flushing as a percentage of household water use varies across the EU. Britain came in second, at 30 per cent, behind only Luxembourg (33 per cent). Finland had the lowest amount at 14 per cent.

The new EU standard will set a maximum full flush of six litres and set a ceiling for the reduced flush of three litres on dual-flush toilets.

During talks to draw up the ceilings, Britain asked for the reduced flush to be set at four litres, in line with the low-flush models currently being recommended for domestic homes. The plea was rejected as not delivering a sufficient water saving.

EU officials stress that the “Ecolabel” is a voluntary standard that industry applies for but note that it has the aim of becoming the norm as it becomes a required benchmark under building regulations or by local authorities.

read more , source is The Telegraph

We have a dear friend here who completed the building of a new house in what was his own back garden.  They sold their old house to someone, and built on the area left over behind the old house. Yeah, they’re pretty close together. Anyway ... It took a year or more to complete and there were the usual delays and inspections etc.  and some things were pretty petty too.

Well, before getting signed off and approved by the local authorities, an inspection was made to make sure that all the tree hugging eco friendly requirements were met. 

And that included light fixtures and bulbs that were all eco nice. Non of this nasty carbon footprint old fashioned light bulbs.
Of course ... I don’t suppose it ever dawns on these comrade inspectors that once they leave, people like me would simply put in the bulbs we’re damn well used to and like. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t use any of those new ones if the promises are true and they last a long time.  I just don’t want them telling me I HAVE to use em.

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