Paper Towel vs Hand Dryers

[@candleinthewind9135]

High school washroom: no soap left, one dryer that comes on for five seconds, and someone thought it was a funny idea to throw the paper towels into the dustbin.

[@tarahfield1198]

Back when I was in high school people would do the old toilet paper, liquid soap and a little water combo then throw it to the ceiling and it would stick. By the end of the year the girls bathroom looked like a bat cave!

[@atruv2089]

in our school; No toilet papers No soap If there is soap, people *ALWAYS* spit in/on it No papers or dryers to clean the hands

[@tarahfield1198]

Bertuğ Manavoğlu oh dear God!

[@atruv2089]

Tarah Field And our school also lasts for 8 hours! *8 HOURS OF NOT GOING TO THE TOILET OR EVEN WASHING HANDS* That's why I never even touch the door handles without gloves.

[@matthewaderhold4875]

sounds normal

[@AlltimeConspiracies]

Loving the tip at the end. Will be sure to try it out!

[@WillAndTheTurtle]

I agree. very interesting video.

[@glennmastro9907]

Alltime Conspiracies OMG YAS ITS HIM

[@watfir9858]

Alltime Conspiracies you have a big verified youtuber badge loo

[@calumbrooknicolson]

Same.

[@murdocha]

As a Public Health Inspector, I was very happy to see you take on this topic and even happier to see the results. Honestly, I detest air dryers. The problem with them is, as you've stated, they take too long, but also that only one person can use them at a time. Taking paper towel takes mere seconds and you can then leave, allowing someone else to use the same dispenser. In the 45 seconds it takes someone to properly use a dryer (and they never do), 9 people could use a paper towel dispenser.

[@HercadosP]

Haha, i know what you mean by "they never do" most people i see using the hand dryers play with them instead of using them

[@dark5tv]

I'm a paper towel guy... lets you sneak in a quick face wipe

[@richardikin]

Agreed.

[@OnsideHaddock72]

Richard where do i know you from?

[@isofaux7570]

Or when you need to blow your nose or something. I've needed to blow my nose many times and run into a bathroom with the horror that there's only a hand dryer

[@alexbluebelt2]

DARK 5!!!!!

[@KoopsThekoopaNope]

Dark5 Thanks.

[@AIEmporium700]

"shake your hands 12 times" AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FO DAT

[@elisekim8351]

Just shake it 11 times, No one will notice...

[@failuretocommunicate8690]

While we're shaking our hands, aren't we spreading germs in all directions?

[@ZafarAli-dj5lz]

Lol

[@nataliagarcia8673]

Your profile pic matches your comment XD

[@gammergames3322]

Matthew Brandon no.. at worst it will go on the floor.. :P

[@MateusAntonioBittencourt]

People... Stop saying that paper causes deforestation... This is NOT true. I lived in a small town with the biggest paper factory in Latin America. A lot of people in my family worked there also. Paper is made with Pinus, that they plant a new one every time they cut a full grown one. They don't go out cutting native trees and just expected for the forest never to end... this would be insane. The only time deforestation occurred was 70 years ago when they first plant the Pinus. They don't need to deforest new areas since although the production of paper is higher every year, a Pinus that took +15 years to grow now is done -7 years, and have a lot less lignin and more cellulose. And the efficient of the system is also way higher. Besides, all the areas with Pinus have a lot of natural forest, a way higher percentage that is required by law. And Paper help decrease CO2 in the air absorbing it, thing that most people when counting the carbon foot step forgets about it. And please don't comment that this is only one case... Every Paper factory has to plant it's owe trees since natural ones is awfully bad at making paper. It's cheaper to plant Pinus and have a efficient system than to get natural trees.

[@sebastianleal96]

Thanks :)

[@mragaming2408]

But it does tho

[@KGNYC112]

Mateus Bittencourt Hah, you wasting your breath there buddy. You will never convince these liberal nut 🥜 jobs of otherwise.

[@moragoncalves7911]

Yeah but in most cases the space they use to plant the pines had other species of trees before

[@loredanavasilescu5634]

That was awesome information. Thanks

[@theOneAndOnly12384]

Dyson airblade ftw. That dryer is so beautiful and feels so awsome!

[@KHR327fan]

I have a deep love for the dyson air blade hand dryer.

[@poisonspiders2300]

yasss

[@docal2]

Until someone decides it's a great idea to spit into it...

[@ankdoeslego9731]

And the V-Blade dryer. There's a mark 2 air blade as well

[@EZcheez]

I use a paper towel under the hand dryer.

[@MyProductBrand2]

I'd high 5 you if i saw you in the bathroom

[@MyProductBrand2]

Before i wash my hands if i even decide to wash them

[@darknova000]

YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! OH LORD! WHY?!

[@AntiCuteness]

*ASCENDED.*

[@pumpedupkicksclorox370]

Same...

[@RealDarkFilm]

my school got rid of paper towels period and replaced them with stupid hand dryers

[@imoved2348]

Paper towels are better

[@ihascandee]

my school too :/

[@lukemontes2486]

Not mine :)

[@mattisdoinyamom]

mine hasent probaly bc no one drys just keeps there hand wet dosent shake them nothing to dry them and touch the door handle and its super wet😭

[@mc6148]

+RealDarkFilm In my school, we don't have hand dryers or paper towels

[@mariesoullier]

Those Dyson hand dryers are my favourite, they get you bone dry in no time. Plus they're even more eco friendly than the normal dryers since they don't heat the air.

[@kylewilliams8028]

There are three types of people in this world. 1) The ones who dry their hands by paper towel 2) The ones who dry their hands by air dryer 3) The ones who quickly just wipe their hands on their pants 

[@modezio7411]

Nope, you're wrong. There are only three types of people in this world, those who can count and those who can't.

[@user-md2iq9vb9z]

Modezio (edited) not today modezio

[@MrSacrafice]

Modezio i see what you did there

[@angelayacoub5800]

Or people who dont wash their hands

[@maryakhan1111]

Modezio ......... AHAHHAAHAH.

[@killerexe007]

"1 paper towel, perfectly dry" master race reporting in.

[@FirePhoenix39]

What?

[@haileytyler9740]

Wut

[@Boppy00]

paper towels master race! BOW, LOWLIFE HAND DRYERS!!!

[@Patagaton]

lol i saw that master race thing on meme pages too xD

[@MarkOfKhorne]

All these hand dryer fanboys saying shit they don't understand. Everyone knows that the Hand Dryer One has greater quality than the Paper Towel 4. Plus, the warmth feature is much nicer than that rough texture you PT4 nerds have. :P

[@izvarzone]

Ugh, paper towels no way. Good old bath towels FTW!

[@therulerofseas9953]

I thought i was the only one using them XD

[@RedDaLord]

+izvarzone - eek contaminated bath towels

[@veredhart4939]

+The Ruler Of Seas `Shiibe` same

[@DORC101]

YESS! I always knew it, paper towels for the win!!

[@firstname405]

Ahhh, no... The video said that the newer-style dryers were the best. If you use paper, I hope you are only using one sheet! :)

[@ishwar8119]

Yeah I always use paper and 1 sheet!

[@vegeta30000]

22s at a hand dryer? who the hell would stand there for that much time? I take about a good 5 seconds and then wipe my hands on my pants. "wah, your pants have bacteria on them!" shut up.

[@AtlBudtime]

i would take 40 sec. Or even a minute at the hand dryer if a hot guy just walked in.

[@12tothe3tothe4]

Lol I don't know why people think about that stuff, it's everywhere... we adapt, the weak get sick lol.

[@pineapleasassin]

***** but aren't bathrooms separated by gender ( i apologize if you're a male)?

[@AtlBudtime]

JoshPsyD i am a guy. what are you implying?!

[@pineapleasassin]

***** im sorry, i dont know your preferences, so i wasnt able to make a good assumption. i meant no offense. and what i was impling is that i apologize if you're gay (sorry for being so blunt, once again, i dont mean to be rude).

[@jord19100]

I hate that awkard moment when you turn on the hand-dryer, you use it for like 4-5 seconds max and then leave the bathroom with the annoyingly loud noise of hand-dryer all over the hallway...

[@MuyenKamran1nehal]

+Joгdап Йохансон me 2

[@lahdeedah87]

I love the new, high-powered hand dryers. they take seconds, feel really cool and are eco friendly. if not available I will use paper towel instead. regular hand dryers take way too long and make my hands feel cold lol

[@sockpuppie]

Wow the timing of this video is fantastic.I was about to start research on a school project on the effects of drying with air instead of gauze/towels and this helps quiet a bit!

[@Buenomars]

I wipe my hands with paper towels while using a hand dryer, lol.

[@megasonicgeo]

Your picture makes it seem like you thought your joke was extremely clever and funny.

[@TessRandom]

***** Exactly what I was gonna say!

[@keyvlogs6378]

That's actually a really good idea!

[@myfairhands]

I use a towel and then finish off with the dryer

[@Amillionyawn]

I saw many public toliets using Dyson hand dryers now, they're super quick to dry.

[@robertknight4672]

I used to work at a Shake Shack in we had a poorly positioned dryer do dude only being you single stall and one urinal bathroom. If someone turned on the dryer while you are install you'd feel it under the stall.

[@NathanAndRose]

So it sounds like the best hygiene/environment option is to use a dryer, but stay long enough to actually dry. I can do that, we all need to slow down a bit more often anyway :) -Nathan

[@mittfh]

So use paper towels if you're presented with a choice. Slight hitch: most UK public conveniences have dryers alone - ranging from the "Did somebody disconnect the heating element?" kind and the "I could run faster than the motor in this thing" kind up to the modern Xcelerator (which blasts air out at such a rate it exerts a force on the skin under the flow, and also shines a blue LED on the active zone) and the Airblade (expensive, ugly, rubbish as they claim one pass in/out of the "blade" is sufficient - more like up to 5 passes).

[@jeremiahbrand5430]

Yeah and when your stupid school that's a quarter of a mile long, has 5 minute passing periods, and only has air dryers, no one is going to freaking dry their hands.

[@randomlegos58]

Jeremiah Brand My school only has 3 minute passing time

[@bloky5556]

Jeremiah Brand my last school had 6 minutes

[@samvidas9599]

4 minutes. And most of my classes are all the way on the other side of the building from each other this year.

[@RobertBarricelli]

I think you misused the term deforestation. Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. (Wikipedia) Most paper in the US is not considered deforestation, since the harvested land normally remains for future forest production.

[@TheFlyinSquirrel]

I feel like using the paper towel to touch the door also puts more benefits in the paper towel side.

[@Icariusinfinium]

I really like they added the point about shaking your hands to reduce the amount of paper towel to use, from that TED talk.

[@Coodae]

What about a hand towel that you use over and over again

[@martijnspaans7012]

+RockYoKop would get contiminated with the bacteria of other people meaning its less clean

[@julias110697]

+martijn spaans I agree

[@Crystal_saga]

+martijn spaans unless you wash the hand towel but I agree

[@teagan_p_999]

In a public place? If someone doesn't wash their hands correctly, they'll get it dirty. If you carry one around with you that's kinda weird.

[@BuranLyoko]

I think the air drier is also better for your skin. It seems like my skin retains more moisture when using the regular hot air dryer (not sure about high powered cold air dryers). That's good because I don't like using hand lotion.

[@Forssa1]

I dry my hands using fire.

[@LeahRebecca]

ME TOO!!!

[@ferdy1212121212]

So... Are you walking around with a torch or just make a campfire in the toilet

[@naoimporta58]

I use plasma . Am I the only one ?

[@KevinAnimalCrossing]

Eros Viana I dry using plasma, fire, hand driers, AND paper towels

[@sweetyouthxo]

same

[@dianastacklin]

the science behind 'mom cooks are better than any other mom' ❤ ❤ ❤

[@teagan_p_999]

I don't mind the newer higher pressure/flow dryers, but who's gonna stand there for 45 seconds when it doesn't even feel like the dryer is doing anything? If there's no paper towel I usually just use my shirt. I'll try to remember the paper towel drying trick, though.

[@Supermanohman]

No bullshit, I just signed up for audible because I've been wanting to read that book since my history professor suggested it last year and we watched about an hour of the show.

[@pandaonsteroids5154]

I refuse to use hand-dryers. Not because of this video. I just stopped using them. I usually just don't dry them at all now a days. I just leave them wet . .-.

[@sirlyteguhfirdausi6833]

taemin!

[@XanimeXaddicted]

OH GOD NO Ever since I read the book Guns Germs and Steel for AP World last year I'm seeing it EVERYWHERE! Vsauce mentioned it before, and now you guys too? No stop that book was terribly dull, I didn't even finish it. Just hearing the name brings back terrible memories of me struggling to get through each chapter without falling asleep.

[@zone07]

I've been drying my hands wrong and using way too much paper this whole time!

[@jackhow439]

You should do a video about which genre of music is the best to study to. Such as jazz/classical/hip-hop etc.

[@DraoxxMusic]

Shake your hand 12 times? Ain't nobody got time fo dat!

[@a-aron691]

ah yes those days when these memes were relevant

[@bcgrote]

That Dyson Blade dryer is faster than a paper towel, and fun to use as well!

[@bakirev]

What about dyson air blades? We got those in our school.

[@narumi89]

same

[@thebusinessgoat]

the only reason i wash my hands is to use them glorious airblade machines

[@SangoProductions213]

they made swords out of air? what stuff are the youngsters putting in our kids' schools?

[@ok-B]

Those are awful IMO, they'll spray the water on your hands in all directions, getting on your clothes and face

[@justinmarty127]

Rich kids be like......

[@KyrieNeverStops]

I love the Dyson hand dryers!!

[@isabell.2483]

Please make a Video on how often to wash your hair and whether shampoo is good for you etc :-)

[@teagan_p_999]

On holidays, I wash it when it's visibly greasy. During the school year, I wash after it gets sweaty from exercise, or every couple days.

[@Bobbybeb]

Would less paper be used for towels if more expensive towels were provided? It could be the difference between a foot or two of cheap brown towels vs 1 sheet of bounty.

[@minmax5]

I almost never wash my hands, on top of this i put my fingers in my mouth all the time. I also almost never get sick. I don't think i've actually been sick within the past 2-3 years besides maybe one or two colds lasting at most a few days. I think my immune system is probably quite strong as I continually introduce new small amounts of bacteria to myself.

[@dirtydan6960]

Shit in your hand and eat it. Then we'll see you're wrong.

[@dirtydan6960]

m(A)x It's a joke... no hate :)

[@minmax5]

Sponge_Boobies Came on a lil' strong there, my bad.

[@TheAftermathz]

Not sure if it is a quote from George Carlin.

[@DomenM]

m(A)x Totally agree! People are just too obsessed with bacteria!

[@dianaetv]

Wow! I always had that doubt! Thanks for sharing all this information :)

[@chimkinNuggz]

Paper towels anyday. I heard those hand blower things work with a guy blowing air through a hose in a room behind the hand blower wich warms the air

[@GeneriicUsername498]

this must be a joke

[@chimkinNuggz]

MrLOLZStudios101 what theyll do to save on electricty is hire someone to blow their own air into a hose in the back wich then warms your hand by the machine

[@zell9379]

RuggedALAN oh your not kidding...

[@chimkinNuggz]

Zell nope. Sometimes theres elfs that stand on one anothers shoulder to blow through the hose because elves breathout warmer air.

[@JTravRaps1994]

I actually started doing that shake your hands 12 times technique and it works great!

[@Jaccobtw]

This is obviously proof of God's existence

[@YoniTan]

How?

[@omegamagna]

THERES NO DENYING GOD YO UCANT PROVE HEM WRONG!

[@Jaccobtw]

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

[@carledwardsagan8295]

Oh no! Not the God nut.

[@blazer7811]

No if only this God would do something about those starving children or rape....

[@pinkcloudsnightlightbell]

Great book to recommend. Thanks for the awesome vids as always

[@young7931]

So I need a scientist to tell me how to dry my hands...

[@CrasherTxT]

I don't get it

[@PinkDisney94]

Ever since I was younger I've always opened door knobs and handles with my sleeve or paper towel. I try to avoid touching anything the public uses. I can't believe people are just now finding this out. I don't see how people aren't germaphobes. School especially is full of germs & I'm glad I'm done with that now! Kids coughing and sneezing everywhere...thank god I breathe in my shirt or just hold my breath.

[@twinborn6028]

paper towels because hand dryers are usually cheap and take 20 minutes to dry hands.

[@charliemorgan1505]

Learned this method in 6th grade and have been doing it ever since. Really works

[@berkeince1537]

you just stand there waiting 3 minutes for your hands to dry and when you are done. you still rub your hands on your pants who agrees #gopapertowels

[@ReinierSanders]

But what about the Dyson AirBlade? It sucks, so it doesn't emit bacteria onto your hands and it takes only a few seconds to dry your hands as well.

[@amekanasai]

We should trust Sheldon... "Sheldon: I had to sanitize my hands because the university replaced the paper towels in the rest rooms with hot air blowers. Penny: I thought the blowers were more sanitary? Leonard and Howard: Why? Don’t! Sheldon: Hot air blowers are incubators and spewers of bacteria and pestilence. Frankly it would be more hygienic if they just had a plague infested gibbon sneeze my hands dry."

[@ericmathew8431]

I am only a C(grade) student in science i dont like to study science but i dont hate science. Your videos are so intresting i dont watch them to learn or study.Your videos are so great to watch , its not boring at all. I wish you guys were my science teachers.

[@ThalesII]

Shake my hands 12 times? Might as well do a little dance while I'm at it

[@TheAerodynamicDuckey]

embrace that shit yo

[@jolyonwelsh9834]

make sure you buy hand dryers with universal fan motors inside. they run 2 to 3 times as fast, and as a result move more air faster over your hands such as world model A or the xelerator models.

[@stalememeguy]

I have a sick mind. 1:32 when you see it...

[@treebark6111]

Please grow up

[@brenda250]

Bryan Li Ya like u had

[@mannycartman791]

+Bryan Li please get a sense of humour and stop being serious

[@craigeves8660]

About 15 seconds in a high velocity dryer to get a bulk of the water off then finish up the drying with a small piece of paper as shown in the video which doubles as a protectant for dirty door knobs due to those that don't wash. Here at work, we refer to those people as OTL (On The List)

[@BluJuiice]

Just use a Dyson air dryer

[@maximohomeauto5044]

Oh yeah, I forgot they filter the air that comes out :P

[@imoved2348]

True

[@cbo3]

Yeah, I use that trick to use only 1 paper towel by shaking your hands 12 times and folding. I really like it and it works great!

[@chrischendes]

Does it work if you shake 11 times

[@blazer7811]

It must be 12. I shook my hands 13 times and now I suffer from Ebola.

[@frankie4013]

:| WHAT

[@adavesAK]

I'd be interested to see a comparison with the newer-style dryers (like the Dyson) that are supposed to dry your hands in 12 seconds.

[@RynkaDraws]

I dry my hands on other people. Nothing like a good hug pat after the bathroom

[@Puggalug]

Since this is within the same subject, please do a video about the effectiveness of hand sanitizers. Sure it's pretty obvious, but are there specific criteria where hand sanitizers are less effective?

[@healanix]

What does it feel like to die?

[@360firedevil]

that depends on how you die

[@LydiaXavier321]

It feels like nothing. You're unconscious.

[@Sammh]

How would anyone even know?

[@Gothicscull234Gmail]

do you *really* want to know?... Now that I said that you most likely are even more curious :D

[@LokirofRoriksted]

It's pretty cool. I die all the time

[@Blockman367]

In germany (at least where i come from) we often have paper towels out of recycled paper or, long white fabric rolls, that come out of the front of the dispenser and go in the back. They only use energy for washing and you can wash them at high temperatures. Don't see any disadvantages there.

[@Eysc]

more than 2 shakes and your are playing with yourself

[@leoprozczinski]

I WASH MY BODY IN THE SPEED I WANT... MOM!

[@CJDangerfield]

I think my school wins because we have paper towels but it is one circle that you don't throw away (and we have that powerful slit hand dryer)

[@nhprman]

Wow. Shake my wet hands 12 times over a tiny piece of paper in a public bathroom! Why didn't I think of that? Oh, yeah, because I'm not interested in looking stark raving mad.

[@fpants18]

Just shake your hands in the basin. I promise it doesn't look weird.

[@nommernomz]

i think he didn't meant to shake his hands OVER the paper towel. just shake your hands after washing THEN grab a paper towel to dry :) that's not mad at all

[@teagan_p_999]

Shake them over the sink, and don't count out loud.

[@smug8567]

I was in the men's room the other day and they had the hand blower, instead of the paper towels, you know this thing. I like the hand blower I have to say. It takes a little bit longer, but I feel when you're in a room with a revolting stench you want to spend as much time as you can

[@sertoriaskane2284]

the clothes are and will be the best way to dry the hands

[@dago201]

Also recommend another of Diamond's works: Collapse. It goes through several different societies that simply died after several years and how what they did to the environment while they were still here may have been the cause. VERY interesting! :D

[@theJellyjoker]

Shake your hands and fling water all over the bathroom, sound like a good idea to me.

[@Schleicherfreund]

Well, if you are a simpleton, then yes. Over the sink of course, did you even watch the video?

[@rodbrown42]

I usually fling the water at another person saying, "I hate it when I pee on my hands."

[@bigmac2839]

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[@mupert_rerdok]

rodbrown42 And their reaction usually is like?

[@theJellyjoker]

Schleicherfreund you and and I may use the sink but most will either not shake or shake while walking from sink to paper dispenser as most are not that considerate.

[@Yomamalikesbacon]

This video literally gave me a habit of shaking my hands 12 times. I count to 12 when I dry my hands and I can't stop. Damn you science!

[@RobertMinsk]

i shake my hands in the air (Best way!!)

[@itsjustaprankbrochill___3153]

True

[@samvidas9599]

You seen that Michael Jackson gif?

[@Shadowflame919]

But how do we get our sheet of paper with wet hands? Usually it just gets so soggy it rips and you can't get a full sheet.

[@joonamato]

It grosses me out how all the guys in my school don't wash their hands or wash them with water. I seem to be getting sick all the time in school.

[@bugzkilla]

home school ftw :)

[@RMG50cal]

Thank you for the book!!!

[@SwirlyLapin]

Tbh I probably won't ever be bothered to count to 12 when drying my hands

[@Nordanix]

aint nobody got time for dat

[@benreadsbooks7165]

Paper towels FTW! They get your hands drier and less clammy in the end.

[@Howl2525]

Oh well im still ganna try my hands with my jeans

[@nixdorfbrazil]

I have a question though... Even if dryers can in theory consume less energy than the paper toils, isn't better for the environment that we use more paper? I know, it sounds stupid until you realize that 97% of the paper that we use comes from reforested trees. The more paper you consume the more reforested areas they might have to have in order to produce more paper. A tree like eucalyptus needs 9 years to grow and in that period while it's waiting to be harvested it stays absorbing carbon from the environment, making oxygen and latter when the paper toil gets to a landfill, that carbon is trapped for at least 50 years, until it decomposes enough where it turn into methane gas and can be reused to produce electricity. Meanwhile dryers use electricity that's never recycled back, and this electricity might come from coal, fossil fuels. If you are lucky it can come from nuclear energy or other non carbon emitting energy sources, but the more clean energy we consume, the less it remains to power other things that otherwise will do consume non clean energy. I suspect, even I didn't really did the calculation, that even the total amount of energy used to harvest/transform trees into paper is much bigger than the energy used by 2000 W dryer to dry your hands, in the end lots of the energy used to produce paper come from the trees itself (the process is complicated, but 65% of the energy to produce paper can come from the black liquor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_liquor ) maybe in the the end the difference isn't that big at all, while dryers don't contribute to absorb carbon in no way. So in summary a dryer perhaps could be worst to the environment than paper toils. And cutting trees to make paper isn't that bad considering that it will lead to more reforestation. To be honest, I don't really know the answer to that. But I'm just wondering.

[@biolinkstudios]

one massive problem you missed there.. you need a truck to move the logs, maybe a boat, animals get killed and or left hungry, you need to keep getting more paper into public places, which means more carbon from the trucks, hand dryer is one time install, then it uses fuck all energy

[@nixdorfbrazil]

***** I think we must keep things really straight here. A truck full of trees will end up making tons of paper toils. The the energy cost by a single sheet of paper is minimal. Second, most of the forests for paper are grown in a way that they remain sustainable. You can't chop off all the trees at once, and they aren't exactly a nice environments for wild life. Even they might have some birds and ants living on the trees, we're not talking about dislodging entire ecosystem here. Usually those forests are cultivated in land that otherwise would be used for wheat, or whatever. So harvesting those trees is similar to harvesting some other cultures. We're not talking about Bambi running from a natural forest. No large animals live no those reforestation farms. But even in nature, when a forest grows too much, eventually due the organic material buildup it will catch fire by a lightning or something anyway every 20 years in average. This is how nature works. So I'm not denying that some animals would be killed or dislodged in the process, but I guess it's much less then what are you imagining. When you buy a land to build a paper factory it makes sense to build it near the cultivated trees, so no one is talking into sending trees form miles away. This was done 50 years ago and is done now only for furniture/construction wood where you are grabbing natural trees that grows in natural forests. Reforested trees must be cultivated near their processing destination. And not only that, I just did some research and (as I suspected) most of the modern Kraft paper plants, produce more energy than they consume and they often have to sell the excess energy back to the grid. It still happen that some paper factories are still pollutant and energy ineffective but that happens in countries that lack regulation and where there is cheap fossil fuel energy available. In most countries, it's a bad business practice to waste that energy, and eventually all plants will be energy efficient because it makes economical sense. By the other hand, when you use a dryer no energy is recycled or no excess energy is produced. If you take in consideration energy alone paper has to cost less then dryer energy by the simple fact that if it really was more expensive the cost alone would make companies to shift to dryer as they would have to pay for the energy, the paper itself and the transportation back and forth (trash). I don't see many companies loosing their sleep over the paper toil handling costs and running to more cost efficient dryers. And you are ignoring that the paper toil has the advantage of sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, offsetting their carbon footprint by transportation. But I suspect that the net carbon foot print for the paper industry is in fact negative and good for the environment.

[@biolinkstudios]

Nix Dorf Great points but lets talk about the hand dryers, you said that they use energy and does not recycle that Energy, but the Machines that make toilet paper do the same but they keep doing it forever, but once you got a dyson airblade in every public place you don't need to make it again, thus paper in the long run, produces a larger carbon foot print to a Dyson as that is comparable because they do the job at the same speed, remember we need things that we only have to make one of and then be able to reuse it, fusion energy will fix the whole electrical thing, tablets will become finer and more like paper, my surface pro works like paper just need to get rid of the fat, here www.earthshare.org/2008/09/stop-the-paper.html, so yeah using tree based paper is more harmful in the long run

[@nixdorfbrazil]

***** You've lost me. What the cost of making a single dyson airblade has to do with it? By the same logic the cost of building a paper factory is spent "just once", and they all will require maintenance... but what does that has to do with it? Every single time that you are using an airblade it's consuming energy and that's a lot. According to their site it's aprox 5 W per dry (assuming 10 seconds). With a 1600 W powered engine and heaters and plus the standby power this can be a lot in a month. By the other hand, once the paper sheet is in place there's no power consumption (unless you use a powered dispenser). And as I said the paper making production offsets it's power consumption so much that they have to SELL back the energy to the grid. And if you add the men hours, taxes, and all that thing, the paper gets into a public restroom in a comparable cost to a dryer cost. I guess depending on your energy costs at your country/state the paper is even more cost effective on dollar amounts (I'm not considering the environment). Fusion energy is a dream that it's at least 50 years in the future, and we have to overcome the carbon emissions now. Nowadays 67% of US energy matrix comes from Coal, Oil and Gas. While 16% are renewable 17% are nuclear. So basically using a dryer is trowing more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, while now paper is sequestrating carbon. This technology (paper production) is mature now, while even if the Nuclear Fusion becomes a reality, it will take 50 more years to become widespread and the investment on building a Fusion Reactor might be too much for most nations even afford it. 50 years ago they said that the computers would end with the need of paper use. While the paper industry has being growing exponentially since 1961. chrislang.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/paper.png I don't like to cut down trees. The use of land for reforested trees can have huge environmental impact. But I'm concerned with Global Warming. And there's no better mechanism to sequestrate carbon from the atmosphere than planting trees. I'm not even sure if paper production is a viable model to sequestrate cabon in the long run. And they deal with lot's of nasty chemicals like sulfur and soda (NaOH). But if producing paper can help to diminish the Global Warming effects on the short run, why not go with it? It seems counter intuitive and I might be wrong (I'm almost sure that I'm), but I'd like to know the reasons why I might be wrong. And if it really helps... let's consume more paper and stop recycling the damn thing! :D Even if we are using more tablets, and computers, we are receiving more junk mail then ever, we are shipping more stuff though mail (that requires wrapping, paper boxes, etc and countries like China and India will be using more and more of everything. Also cellulose is a very versatile product that can be used in a variety of products, as clothing, bio fuel, etc. Also reforested trees can be used to make furniture, and almost anything that you today use plain wood. So trees farms aren't going away any time soon. To be honest, I think that we should develop some kind of WiFi trees. Then I'll guarantee you that we would have trees everywhere. :)

[@biolinkstudios]

Great words and idea's more trees, less paper, and WiFi Trees would be nice ;), we need to make man made trees, that convert carbon dioxide at a faster rate

[@BlondeAngel718]

Paper towels are also more environmentally friendly.

[@JesusLopez-wc9jo]

***** did you really have to say stupid bitch?

[@BlondeAngel718]

Oscar HatesYou I meant paper towels are biodegradable/can be recycled and hand dryers use a lot of electricity... but I can see where you're going.

[@BlondeAngel718]

***** No need for ignorance.

[@RealTalkWithMitch]

HeyItsHannah☯ Well no. if you think about it. all the electricity and fuel used to bring that paper towel to you for you to only use once is a huge waste of energy. It would be pretty cheap to build a hand dryer and they dont really use all that much power.

[@Shuizid]

I would ask for more information about that topic. Handdryers use energy and are more complex to build and maintain and are also harder to recicle after their lifetime expires. But papertowels need to be reproduced quite often are are used up much more. so... yeah, both have their downsides. But it is not that hard to actually plant a forest but it might take some time for the tress to grow... The question is: on which data do u make such a statement?

[@zohaiblateef6554]

In High school, people put wet toilet paper in the sinks, so it's really hard washing hands without touching it

[@lemstr23]

Hand dryers blow germs? *gags* I put my mouth under those things.

[@minimash2485]

breathing also blows germs. Especially in public restrooms.

[@plackatube4026]

lol me too!

[@cheetoeater1000]

That was insightful thank you ! ! Please make a prequel video on "Toilet paper vs using hand"

[@NakedAvanger]

They should improve the dryers and then people will prefer to use them

[@scott98390]

Skyrim and Lapis I do indeed - because they _are_ too loud. This is a subjective statement - but I'd love to see the actual decibel data on those Dyson blades. I hate them.

[@Falthiere]

Skyrim, I have seen you before! On BdoubleO, right? Sorry if I'm wrong.

[@JWQweqOPDH]

Scott Baker I've gone to a Sam's Club restroom where you sort of stick your hands into a large hole in the counter in order to blow dry your hands, this may reduce the noise that goes into the room.

[@scott98390]

Maybe, I've never seen that configuration.

[@JWQweqOPDH]

Scott Baker It wasn't simply a hole in the counter, it was a custom shaped region with different material along the wall at the end of the counter, sort of how your bath is a custom shaped region along the wall at the end of your floor.

[@VoidHalo]

That's all well and good for regular hand dryers. But what about those high powered dyson airblades that blast your hands dry in less than 10 seconds? I wouldn't be surprised if they were more effective than paper towel.

[@dirtydan6960]

Kids in Africa will eat both the hand dryer and paper towel.

[@gabrielrawson8581]

You are awful. You stereotypical American. Not all kids in Africa are poor and have no access to food

[@dirtydan6960]

Nobody Cares

[@gabrielrawson8581]

Yes We Do

[@fpsRussiaviewer]

+Nobody Cares lighten up mate, it was a joke

[@gabrielrawson8581]

Woof Woof Joke? Man. People are becoming horrible comedians.

[@Woodenlightbulb]

I love to use the dyson air blades those are awesome!

[@hunterdevoto5404]

I hate using air dryers, they're loud, annoying, take too long, and they leave you without anything to open the nasty door with besides your hands.

[@AtomicArtumas]

reason they should only be in public restrooms that don't have doors. (literally none of the in-store ones around here have doors, just twisty hallway entrances, thus they work fine.)

[@HercadosP]

But that way the bacteria's in the restroom would spread way faster. If they are leaving no doors they should put some ventilation systems from the ceiling (forgot how those things were called)

[@sweet1j]

sometimes if there is nothing to open the door with i just wait for someone to come in lol

[@archiecook55]

Agreed.

[@CATboss001]

Paper towel has SO many more uses though!!

[@Kyun9432]

It looked like "shake the water to the paper"

[@zoed1019]

Burning question:why do we get scared? And why do we develop phobias of things?

[@latenighter1965]

i'm too scared to answer that question, sorry

[@AMalas]

In all malls here in uae, we have some dyson hand driers, that just blow you out the water (pun intended), but really, they have a wired design that you put your hands inside, and a very fast airflow removes all the water in seconds!

[@AsapSCIENCE]

Paper Towels vs Hand Dryers! When it comes to hygiene, which should you be using? We break down the efficacy of both methods in our latest video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJiXl4qXmsyies0

[@chaddy6613]

How much masturbation is too much!

[@wilhelm4089]

chaddy66 Great Question!

[@airbornerecon11]

chaddy66 Depends how many paper towels you waste per day

[@WHO9119]

chaddy66 There is no such thing as to much

[@elopezbha]

+asap science can you please provide some references? Thank you!

[@youtubewhatchit5226]

Is it just me or can you listen to his voice for ever