Everyone should be allowed to line dry their clothes. Line drying means that you don't put your clothes inside a drying machine. Instead you hang your clothes on a clothesline and let the sun dry it up. According to this article, HOA or Homeowners Association, can give you a fine for doing so. I don't see any reason why the public would be fined for doing such a crime. It's not harming anyone or anything. In fact, it's a good thing because you're not using up your electricity. You're saving yourself money from the electric bills. During the times where drying machines weren't invented yet, people would hang their clothes outside and just let the sun or wind dry it up. It's not fair that the public get fined for doing something that doesn't harm anything. There are some people who are not doing so well financially and need to save some money. They have no other choice, than not to use drying machine, and have to line dry their clothes. Not many people dry their clothes outside anymore because drying machines save you time. The government needs to do something about this fine, because it's not fair for the people who want to dry their clothes the old fashioned way or save some money for their families. According to the article, the author states that Florida, Utah, Maine, Vermont, Colorado and Hawaii approve families for line drying. I agree and support that the state of Texas too, needs to join that group.
Hi James,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't have said it better. You've made your point clear and on the dot.
It's preposterous that there's even such a thing: not being allowed to dry your clothes outside. We the people and the government always talk about saving money at every point necessary. How can one come up with such a thing?
"Prohibiting line drying is a really bad thing, especially as estimates indicate that tumble dryers consume 6 percent of an average home's electricity—about the same as a refrigerator. In contrast, lighting uses around 8 percent of the average home's energy."
The little money we'd saving would eventually sum up to a big amount. Surely, many people would be surprised. It makes no complete sense. In my eyes, I see that this enforcement is way out of hand. Drying clothes outside does no harm whatsoever and it has its beneficial points.
Back then, things were different. There was a need for new technology. Things were less expensive than they are today. Just like the every day things we run into like gas and food. These things grew in price rigorously, especially gas. (I'm sure everyone has noticed.) However, though we do have the money to have a dryer, there is no NEED to use a dryer when we have our lovely mother-nature to do the job for us.
I'm sure many people like myself would love to hang their clothes outside... We just happen to be too lazy to do so, right? :)