|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
| |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Between 80 and 85 percent of the energy used to wash clothes comes from heating the water. (U.S. Department of Energy). Some environmental groups recommend washing 4 out of 5 loads in cold water.
Over an air conditioner’s lifetime, only one-fourth of the total cost is for the purchase of the air conditioning unit. The greater cost – three-fourths – is for the energy to run the air conditioner (Alliance to Save Energy).
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
© 2002 - 2005 David Walls. All rights reserved. |
||||||||||||||||||||