Random thoughts about energy efficiency and rising costs and like that…
Like all of us I’m super aware right now of the rising cost of energy - our last electric bill was WAY higher than last year’s. My DH stationed himself in front of the meter and we tried an experiment - turned off one appliance, checked the mater; turned it back on then turned off another one, checked the meter. Rinse and repeat. We were trying to see what cost the most, energy-wise. Not surprisingly, one of the worst offenders was the clothes dryer.So the question is - is our dryer inefficient because it’s 8 years old? Would it be cost effective to replace it - or just not use it? I’m definitely going to try the “hanging the wash on the line” routine. Will update here if anybody’s curious - when we see if it really does make a difference.
I wish I had a solution to the real problem here - I don’t think anybody does, and that includes Mssrs. McCain and Obama.
Stay tuned, I guess…