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What ever solution has the dryer on for the shortest period of time. - Eric the obvious. > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Tom Haskins-Vaughan > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:03 AM > To: L-blu > Subject: OT: Saving energy > > Hi, > > I know that this has nothing to do with Linux so please FEEL > FREE TO IGNORE THIS, but my rationale for posting on this > list is that I figure a lot of Linux people are the kind of > people who like to think differently and might be intrigued > by this question: > > I have two loads of laundry: colours and whites. I wash > colours first, then the whites. Assuming I don't have an > outside washing line, I want to dry them in my tumble dryer. > I have two options: > > - I could put the colours in the dryer whilst I'm washing the > whites and then add the whites when they're done washing. > (Let's assume that it takes more time to dry clothes than wash them.) > > > - Or I could wait until both loads have finished before > putting them in the dryer at the same time. > > Which way of drying uses the less energy? > > Tom > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous > content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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