Why is it in that we southern Californians love our dryers so much? We have sunshine almost 365 days out of the year yet I hardly see clothes lines hanging in back yards. In other countries dryers are considered a luxury, and some of those countries hardly see any light. So, as a stand to conserve energy and take more advantage of the natural resource that is "the sun" here in Los Angeles, I have stopped using my dryer and hang dry all my clothes. I figure, hey we got tuns of sunshine, might as well use it.
Now if you are asking yourself, why should i start hanging my clothes outside here are a few good reasons why.
1) Home appliances account for 20% of your total energy consumption with dryers sitting towards the top of that list.
2) Drying your clothes outside allows your clothes to last longer.
3) If you live in the countryside you can get that "country fresh scent" without having to buy it in a bottle
4) It is one small simple thing you can do to help conserve energy.
Now I know there will be times where you may have an important meeting and that one shirt needs to be dry or who knows, we could even get a bit of rain here in southern California and your dryer will be your only solution. But for the times when it is not a necessity lets use that delicious California sun to dry our wet clothes.
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