The web site for Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth recommends that you:
Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible
You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.
But University of Montreal researcher Emanuela Cardia points out in a new study entitled “Household Technology: Was it the Engine of Liberation?” that,
… ownership of washing machines, dryers and freezers increased the presence of married women in the labor market.
Green doesn’t sound very liberating, does it?
Green Hell Blog 
March 13, 2009 at 7:44 am
This must be a bit difficult for the Gorebot when in his San Francisco high-rise condo, I would think. Perhaps he ferries his wash over to Babs Streisands’ nearby digs to use the end of her clothesline.
March 12, 2009 at 3:04 pm
You know, I LOVE hanging out my clothes, but now I may just have to buy a second dryer 🙂