On 2007-01-13 10:07:19 +0000, David Hansen
said:

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:14:01 GMT someone who may be Helen Deborah
Vecht wrote this:-

Our insulated 3-bedroom semi houses two adults, a gas cooker, no tumble
drier, gas CH, a cold-fill washer used 2-3 times per week and no
dishwasher.

Tumble driers do gobble up energy. If someone feels they have to
have one then they are well advised to get a gas fired one.

... provided that one can find a well made and reliable one. I have
never identified
such a product



Alternatively clothes can be put on a line outside or inside, a rack
(the victorian style someone has pointed to is great in the right
place), or a heated rail.

... and produce condensation in their hermetically sealed homes.



Used properly dishwashers are not particularly energy or water
intensive. Heating up a bowl of water takes energy as well. For
small households that means having a small dishwasher rather than a
big one.

... or use more crockery and run the machine less often, or use a dishwasher
able to run part loads.