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I am European. I don't have a drier and I don't know why I should buy one. For me diers are just a waste of space and energy.
I'm curious: How do you handle clothes washing and drying?
I wash my clothes in the washing machine, then hang them to dry, that's all there is to it. It takes time (about a day) and some space for the clothes hanger in a rather small apartment, but that doesn't bother me.
Here in UK on certain tariffs (Octopus Agile) price of electricity regularly falls below zero at night. If you have an electric car set to only charge when price of electricity is below zero, you're getting paid to charge your car.
Does Octopus provide the price of electricity at the current moment?
I had a quick look at their website but couldn't see anything obvious.
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I'm curious: How do you handle clothes washing and drying?
I'm not the OP, but share his views. I wash my clothes in the washing machine, then hang them to dry, that's all there is to it. It takes time (about a day) and some space for the clothes hanger in a rather small apartment, but that doesn't bother me.
But how do you hang wet clothes and not ruin your floors?
Sorry if I sound stupid. American apartments aren't set up for this and I would rather handle it this way and I've had challenges.
I worked in the Utility Software area for a while. Everything related to energy in Germany looks like corruption if you look to closely. Everyone is buddies with someone in politics, otherwise screw your career. Laws are mainly pre written by the industry which is afraid of the risks associated with tackling the challenges involved in climate change. But also afraid of doing nothing, since this would make them clear…
Sometimes this makes sense, and sometimes to inane protection of incumbent interests like happened with digital content (it's illegal to copy the DVD you've purchased etc).
I recall talking to some europeans and they said they like their driers, which only half dry clothes (they put them up on a line to finish) but use less energy. It's some sort of virtue thing, I guess.
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Heat pumps vary widely in efficiency based on temperature and you don’t mention what you are using. It isn’t just efficiency but size. A heat pump that can work on the occasional very cold day is impractical.
Modern air pumps work with good efficiency even down to around -15c which is a rare temperature for post global warming world.
I'm somewhat shocked that they do they not load those subsidies onto the electricity charge on consumers as a tax and mean those that use more, pay more. That's what they do in the UK, though alas they loaded it onto the standing charge that is a flat rate per day for having a supply. Idealy it should be like personal TAX, you have a certain amount you get without being taxed, then after that you pay X amount until y…
They do both. The fixed amount is (officially) for infrastructure improvements, but there is an additional tax for consumption per kWh.
> Of course you can allocate people a higher initial rate they can use without paying tax upon the charge for things like disabilities, health needs etc
Probably too burocratic and inefficient in practice. Energy just has to be affordable for any household.
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I'm not the OP, but share his views. I wash my clothes in the washing machine, then hang them to dry, that's all there is to it. It takes time (about a day) and some space for the clothes hanger in a rather small apartment, but that doesn't bother me.
Thank you. But how do you hang wet clothes and not ruin your floors? Sorry if I sound stupid. American apartments aren't set up for this and I would rather handle it this way and I've had challenges.
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I'm not the OP, but share his views. I wash my clothes in the washing machine, then hang them to dry, that's all there is to it. It takes time (about a day) and some space for the clothes hanger in a rather small apartment, but that doesn't bother me.
Thank you. But how do you hang wet clothes and not ruin your floors? Sorry if I sound stupid. American apartments aren't set up for this and I would rather handle it this way and I've had challenges.