Well Check this out. I just read a new study from the EU. They tested, followed, and documented over thirty thousand households in four European countries. England, France, Italy, and Sweden all participated. Over the course of twenty years they tracked randomly picked families and their use of microwaves (yes, the kitchen appliance). They found that the number 9 was the least used button on the control panel. They instructed the users to start operating their units by reducing the designated cook time by one second. Therefore, 30 seconds then became 29, one minute then became 59 seconds, and so on.
According to the institute conducting the study, the results were amazing. Longevity of the microwaves increased by three years just due to the use of different numbers but the most astonishing thing that they found was electric consumption was reduced by 103%, saving the consumer over 50 euro (about 75US) each year, without compromising cook quality. The entire study can be found at
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