Save water - 'sing short songs'
By Nick Bryant
BBC News, Sydney

Sydney energy chiefs want shorter shower songs

Australians have been told to stop singing in the shower in an attempt to save electricity and water.
Energy Australia, one of the country's leading power suppliers, has conducted research which showed the average shower length is seven minutes.

Link: (Some fun reader's suggestions for Aussies to sing songs in the shower at end of articl)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6075230.stm

This post has been edited by windyliz: Oct 23 2006, 12:13 AM

7 minutes average shower?

I'm thinking it's much higher, I know people who have 1/2 hour showers for crying out loud!!! , I don't know anyone that does it in 2, 3 or 4 minutes.

Anyone know more about the survey?

Well - I must say I've never "timed" how long I shower for. And don't have a radio in bathroom to see if it's for the duration of the news/weather reports.

But by the time I (being a typical female) shampoo hair, rinse it off, apply conditioner, use a facial product, soap, and then rinse conditioner off - I'd be going to do all that in 2-3 minutes.

And by the way, I think there are WAY TOO MANY shower products on the market. The supermarket shelves are full of them. So those companies have a bit/lot to answer for in my opinion.

But I must admit that I don't run the tap any longer for brushing teeth. Just use a mug.

Windyliz