Back in the day, CA was having a drought and the State was pushing the newly introduced low-flush toilets that didn't work.
One of my acquaintances invented a device that was a plastic fitting that you put in regular toilets along with a 2 L bottle of water. It worked much better than the low flush toilets did then, and used about the same amount of water. It was super simple installation that anyone could do themselves.
The city (or maybe county, I don't remember now) of San Diego was getting ready to approve a massive subsidy to pay for people to install low-flush toilets in their homes. My friend told the city (or county) for less than the subsidy amount, they could buy one of these devices for every single home and mail it to them with instructions on how to install it. The city (or county) said they wouldn't consider it because the real purpose of the subsidy was to keep plumbers in business, not to save water. So our landfills got filled up with old toilets that worked fine in favor of these new toilets that actually used more water because you had to flush 3 or 4 times when you pooped. It was always about paying off the unions to ensure their voting block continued to support them.
Back in the day, CA was having a drought and the State was pushing the newly introduced low-flush toilets that didn't work.
One of my acquaintances invented a device that was a plastic fitting that you put in regular toilets along with a 2 L bottle of water. It worked much better than the low flush toilets did then, and used about the same amount of water. It was super simple installation that anyone could do themselves.
The city (or maybe county, I don't remember now) of San Diego was getting ready to approve a massive subsidy to pay for people to install low-flush toilets in their homes. My friend told the city (or county) for less than the subsidy amount, they could buy one of these devices for every single home and mail it to them with instructions on how to install it. The city (or county) said they wouldn't consider it because the real purpose of the subsidy was to keep plumbers in business, not to save water. So our landfills got filled up with old toilets that worked fine in favor of these new toilets that actually used more water because you had to flush 3 or 4 times when you pooped. It was always about paying off the unions to ensure their voting block continued to support them.
Perfect example of government bullshit