Turns out good, energy efficient engineering is a lot more than removing a few extra ribs on a design and slapping a low power motor in it. James Dyson has something to say about that. This story at Fast Co.Exist gets the vacuum innovator’s take on lazy engineering.

Eventually, the dishes just pile up so high in the sink you spray them with the nearest alcoholic beverage and light them on fire. When you see the result is only a light charring, out comes the broom handle you use to awkwardly jam them down the garbage disposal. There’s a better way, a better…

Put down the oil can you’re dumping into the river and rev your electric motor Mr. Clean, we’re gettin’ sustainable and Xpress-ive up in this design. Yes, you could single-handed prevent further disintegration of the atmosphere and taxpayer burden by properly analyzing your design and applying a material that reduces those nasty carbon molecules causing…