RUINING A TUB FULL OF HOT WATTER TO DO LAUNDRY TO SAVE ELECTRICITY COULD THIS SAVE THE ENERGY CRISIS ?

Saved $ 8? How? Water doesn’t cost much, and the electricity for the washer and the gas or electricity for the dryer wouldn’t cost a total of $ 8 for a load. However, even saving a dollar or 2 or 3 will add up, over time.

Because of the Law of Conservation of Energy, you spent -x- number of BTUs to heat that water; a gas water heater is more efficient than electricity, but 1 way or the other, you still used a certain amount of energy and the overall difference was probably minimal.

Now, if you REALLY want to save energy (not necessarily your own physical energy, though, which also uses calories – from food- to produce your own body’s personal energy), you could collect rain water in a barrel, like they do in many parts of the world, especially the rainy tropics and place that barrel so that it can be warmed by the sun.

Then you can use your Oxy-Clean to wash your clothes and then hang them on a rope in the sun to dry them. They dry a but stiffer than in a dryer, but they have that fresh sun-shiny smell that just can’t be beat.

Or, according to another answer, shower with your solar-heated rain water while you’re wearing those clothes, that way YOU get clean AND the clothes get clean. Just don’t let the neighbors see you wearing your wife’s bra and undies and try to claim that “Oh, I was just washing them, for gosh-sakes…”

After the clothes are washed and rinsed clean, be sure to let the wash-water be collected in a ‘downstream’ collection system; that is what is known as “grey water” and is used in many countries to water their gardens, wash their sidewalks, etc. In other words, the soapy rinse water may not be potable (drinkable) but still can be used, not just drained away. Get it? Got it? Good!!!

Don’t the naysayers and jokesters (and me) deter you from trying to lessen your carbon footprint; it’s a worthy goal and the effort starts with each one of us.

Seriously: thank you for being a good citizen. Just imagine how much water and fuel-energy we could save if more people did what you are doing. It’s commendable. And don’t let anyone stop you: even if you’re the ONLY one doing (but you’re not alone, bro, lots of people are coming around to your way of thinking), YOU know that YOU are doing the RIGHT THING.

(I’m sure that you meant:
r-u-n-n-i-n-g instead of ruining
w-a-t-e-r instead of watter
-and-
c-l-o-t-h-e-s instead of cloths)
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