[Greenbuilding] FW: ENERGY STAR Clothes Dryers Program Launch

[Steven Tjiang]

I am really I don't live up to your standard.

I guess there is no hope for us all.

---- Steve (KZ6LSD)


On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Corwyn <corwyn at midcoast.com> wrote:

> On 7/21/2012 5:57 PM, Steven Tjiang wrote:
>
>> Reuben, you're right in "purist" sense but I think the energy star dryer
>> program is still a net win.
>>
>> A net win for the planet.  Think long term. If we run a program to
>> convince people to line dry OR we make energy star dryers the standard,
>> which one would result in less energy use for clothes drying?  Of
>> course, we should do both.  BTW, clothes dryer don't have to use fossil
>> fuels.  Mine is electric and when I use it, it is powered by renewables.
>>
>
> Thinking long term, any carbon put into the atmosphere stays there for
> around a century.  It doesn't care what you did to get it there.  It
> doesn't care how important you thought that convenience was.
>
> If you are using renewables on clothes drying, that means they can't be
> used to replace someone else's fossil fuel usage.  So more fossil fuels get
> burned.  Until the entire grid is renewable, extravagant use of renewables
> means more fossil fuels burnt.
>
>
> Thank You Kindly,
>
> Corwyn
>
>
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