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Originally Posted by Cannon_Fodder
He was taking the piss out of america for using a method of cleaning that uses vasts amounts of energy (and thus contributes to global warming etc) rather than using some oven cleaner and a bit of elbow grease.
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Apart from the whole carbon footprint thing being little more than a moral panic* the use of electricity in this instance** could come from entirely non carbon releasing sources. The percentage of electricity produced using nuclear power in france and germany is higher than britain (for example) so 'carbon footprint' arguments across nations in terms of whitegoods usage is pretty meaningless
*cows contribute fairly substantially to methane emmisions, kill all cows!
** electric ovens were described in the link