I should also mention that as a nation, we can conserve energy and easily save 20%-30% without lowering our living standards. Most people are wasteful and careless. My brother’s family is like that. Their kids turn everything on and don’t bother to turn it off.

In developing nations, people have only 1 neon light lighting up the whole household because energy is so expensive. By eliminating the use of the clothes dryer and conserving, San Diegans could easily shave 1/2 off their energy bill.

I line dry my clothes in the garage then machine dry them for 5 minutes to soften them and get all the moisture out. But then I’m all by myself so it’s not that much effort.