{"id":46085,"date":"2014-10-27T12:09:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/27\/high-efficiency-washers-are-that-way-with-money-too.html"},"modified":"2014-10-29T07:39:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T13:39:10","slug":"high-efficiency-washers-are-that-way-with-money-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/27\/high-efficiency-washers-are-that-way-with-money-too.html","title":{"rendered":"High Efficiency Washers are that way with money, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, with the introduction of more and more high-efficiency washers, detergent manufacturers are seeing their business <i>drop<\/i> &#8212; as people start paying attention to how much detergent they pour in, and thus need to buy less detergent.<\/p>\n<p>Efficient, indeed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2014\/10\/24\/detergent-companies-are-unhappy-with-our-efficient-washing-machines\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/HDe_NGdr6rS0Zt0zU2heoGY0tHhIdE7RDxvop0UtvATRmft-LG9X-oijhjl8uxHZ_m1wAwx3WCFEwlDELR4jjWm_x_MJqzGX4LV74Nh5fBk=w506-h303-p' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2014\/10\/24\/detergent-companies-are-unhappy-with-our-efficient-washing-machines\/'>Detergent Companies Are Unhappy With Our Efficient Washing Machines<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nHigh-efficiency washing machines, which use less water to clean your clothes, are an advance that most customers seem to like. Do you know who doesn&#8217;t like them, though? Detergent manufacturers. Wi&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/CZzqqPWH8ui'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, with the introduction of more and more high-efficiency washers, detergent manufacturers are seeing their business drop &#8212; as people start paying attention to how much detergent they pour in, and thus need to buy less detergent. Efficient, indeed. Originally shared by +Les Jenkins: Detergent Companies Are Unhappy With Our Efficient Washing Machines High-efficiency washing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/27\/high-efficiency-washers-are-that-way-with-money-too.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;High Efficiency Washers are that way with money, too&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,63,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-environment","category-home-improvement"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2486,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/14\/thank_god_its_f.html","url_meta":{"origin":46085,"position":0},"title":"Thank God It&#8217;s Friday Five!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 14-Jun-02 11:38am","format":false,"excerpt":"Time, once again (at last) for The Friday Five 1. 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