Yeah, that's right. Eco-friendly in more ways then you may be ready for.
 Here in Orange County we don't have enough rain water or local mountain springs to sustain our not so efficient population and lifestyle. I've heard that as much as 30% of the counties municipal electric bill is spent pumping needed water to us from other states. I'll get to the bottom of that sooner or later, but for now, it's obvious that there's a lot of waste and old school thinking going on. This new car washing company uses 1 pint of water to wash an entire car. Yes! One Pint. That's one Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, one glass of beer or two cups of coffee. Quite a bit better than the estimated 782 pints of water that an average car wash needs to get the job done, don't you agree?

While Orange Countians happily drive about their beautiful county, thinking how fortunate they are to live here, they're unknowingly picking up all sorts of hazardous particles on their vehicles. So next time the vehicle is washed or one of our many rain showers roll in, these hazardous elements are washed off our cars and into our groundwater, sewer system or even the ocean.

ProntoWash uses micro fiber clothes to capture the undesirables. The clothes are professionally cleaned and the hazardous compounds are properly mitigated.

Environmentalists should be putting their money where their mouth is with this one. Consumer power is the easiest tool we have to bring change.

Another thing I find sustainable and pretty cool about this new car washing company is it's ability to integrate into existing infrastructure. No longer do we need large car wash facilities. They've plagued our cities for long enough!! Have you seen ProntoWash in the parking garages of the Irvine Spectrum yet? Using existing spaces in this fashion frees up more space in our county and offers a more valuable service to us all. Drop your car off and take care of some shopping, dinning, movie watching or hit the office to earn some illegal tender.

For those who doubt the ability to clean a car with one pint of water, some clothes and eco-friendly cleaning solutions... Try it for yourself!! I did and I don't plan on sitting around any outdated, dirty, water hogging car wash stations again.

 

 


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12 Comments on Car wash for "eco-friendly" real estate professionals

MAR
06
2008
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Wow. I can't imagine trying to wash my car with only a pint of water. I know most of the car washes I go to recycle their water and I think that is law now.
3:51am • #1
Great concept, they should have that in AZ too!
5:56am • #2
Evan, this is very impressive - I know alot of older car washes also recycle there water - I think the majority of the time while your car is being washed that it is with dirty water - yet they do use clean water to rinse it off.  Yet one pint that is great.  Thanks for the posting.
5:57am • #3
WOW- what will they think of next--who would have ever thought of something like that
6:41am • #4
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Maybe I should open a franchise here with the water wars going on
6:43am • #5
MAR
14
2008
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Also, using recycled water is great and all, but they're still using a tremendous amount of water being used. There is only so much water on the planet that we can use at one time.  Not to mention the extra energy a regular car wash must consume to wash a car.  In desert regions like Orange County, a lot of water can be lost to evaporation as well.

Lastly, there is still the pollution that is not properly mitigated by your standard car washing facility and certainly not the guy who washes your car in the parking lot.  Run off is a threat to our health and of the environment.  There's money to be made in the cure for things like cancer, but no one wants to investigate the cause.  Our homes, cars, food and air are poisoning us and the planet.

It's outdated and not needed.

 

Marilee & Ed Peterson, there's a ProntoWash in Scottsdale, AZ.

3:16pm • #6
MAR
23
2008
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Amazing, What do they charge for a car wash?  This is really going green, if the net net is a positive water savings.  I'm wondering how much water it cost to clean the cloths.  If you factored that in what is the overall water saving.  I thinks like with buying HUD repos, we should look at the net net or water consumption and not just the water to clean a car.
5:31pm • #7
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I had never heard of this.  I wonder if it is coming to the east coast any time soon.   This would be a great way to save water and help the environment.  Very interesting.
5:58pm • #8
MAR
24
2008
I am going to look for that next time I'm near Irvine Spectrum.
12:13pm • #9
APR
06
2008
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The price is more than your standard $12 car wash.  I believe they start at around $29 for a standard wash.  It's a really nice feature for a place like the Irvine Spectrum to have.  You can either drop off your car directly with prontowash or with the valets and they'll handle it for you.
2:04pm • #10
APR
22
2008
That is fantastic....How about one in Marin County, CA or at least San Francisco?
12:47am • #11
JUN
07
2008

That's amazing,  It would be great to have one in Chicago.

3:54pm • #14

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