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I read an post about someone sad their furry friend died and thought about my cat one day dying and I choked up. As a man I felt disturbingly weak and deep down I think I should be skinning my cat alive using it’s meat for sustenance and fur to make a hat for the winter that to me is what a man is- a pragmatic, strong, ruthless utilitarian. Perhaps I am flawed or just raised in a first world lifestyle that made me a weak shadow of my ancestors?

I've been contemplating an off-grid lifestyle for the past few months. I've found the land I want to build on, but what frightens me is that some systems may not be readily available. For example, I may build a cabin with solar power, but the well water would have to wait.

So I found an off-grid shower, with a rechargeable pump that submerges into a 5-gallon bucket of water.

This leaves me to question: what's the minimum amount of water to take a shower?

According to you use 2.5 gallons per minute and the average shower is 8 minutes. But is all that really necessary? Isn't most of those 8 minutes spent daydreaming or scrubbing the soap onto your body?

So, this is a rather serious question because, are we overly-expending the massive amount of energy needed to shower? According to the EPA, letting your faucet run for five minutes uses about as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for 22 HOURS!

How much time do you actually need water pouring on your body?