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gib444 • today at 3:32 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

If electricity gets any more expensive in the UK (it will), I might have to start hand washing clothes!


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adrianN • today at 4:25 PM

Your washing machine is likely an order of magnitude more efficient than you. A cycle in my machine consumes something like 0.2kWh.

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collabs • today at 4:06 PM

From what I understand, the dryer is a bigger concern. In the UK and in Europe, you are already ahead of the curve by reducing use of the electric dryer.

quickthrowman • today at 4:22 PM

A heat pump dryer is 4x as efficient as a resistive electric dryer which would reduce your operating costs by 75%.

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CapitalistCartr • today at 4:41 PM

Any of these that are electric is where your money is going: heat, water heater, air con (if you have it), clothes dryer, oven. Switch them to Russian natural gas for the savings.

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