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  • eneff@discuss.tchncs.detoComic Strips@lemmy.worldThis! Is not! DRY!
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    9 months ago

    Honestly, for me personally this doesn’t make any sense.

    Firstly most fabric softeners are terrible for the moisture wicking abilities of fabrics. You should never use them on towels, bed sheets or any clothing that you expect to absorb sweat to some degree. They are known to contain chemicals that can pollute the ground water and they also cost money.

    Now taking into account all that and the fact that using a dryer is very energy intensive, I find making all those comprimises just because you want your clothing to be soft is less than understandable.










  • I’m not saying that cost of power is entirely irrelevant.

    I’m saying that “My setup consumes a lot of power, but that’s fine because it doesn’t cost me much” is kind of backwards. While monetary cost certainly is one of the arguments for energy efficiency, responsibly using resources and avoiding wasting energy are way more compelling ones imo. That especially applies if your energy isn’t produced via renewable means.

    Even if power was entirely free of monetary cost, you shouldn’t waste it, don’t you agree?


  • I really don’t like how people most commonly try to justify the monetary cost of their power consumption.

    In my opinion the way more important metrics should be how the energy you are consuming is generated and how much carbon emissions are caused by it.

    Who cares that your 2000W@230V idle are “free”, if that means you are burning crude oil in your backyard to generate it…