| E Z Peaces 2008-02-20, 1:25 pm |
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> "Mrs Bonk" <arse@nospamcutey.com> wrote in message
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> i have no idea what americans would be doing - that is up to them to report.
> as far as i can work out, they're addicted to tumble dryers, so i try not to
> read those threads - they make me cringe.
Storing damp cotton makes me cringe. It's hydrophilic and won't get
completely dry when the RH is above 65%. It's either the dryer or the iron.
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> i do know that NOW, most australians use cold, most of the time. which isn't
> the same as all the time. i myself was psychologically dependent on hot
> water for whites until fairly recently, actually. it's a hard hurdle to jump
> ;-)
What temperature do you call cold? Here, tap water can be 10C in winter
and 30C in summer.
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> sorry, i was assuming a gas stove - again, those being the norm here. i had
> an electric one at one house we rented - heavens, they're inadequate
> compared to gas! hence the saying, which i think came from an ad long ago,
> "now we're cooking with gas!" i.e. now we are making actual progress.
> :-)
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> i can't speak for you & i don't know stats for here, but i'd be surprised if
> gas was anywhere near as wasteful as electricity for cooking. and it's
> cheaper. and it's far less polluting. however, i realise not every continent
> has natural gas anyway.
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Around here many people use gas for heating, but I don't know anyone who
uses it for cooking. Electricity produces less heat in the kitchen. It
boils water faster and the burner temperature can be controlled better.
This Australian pamphlet says the cooking performance is about the same.
The cost to run a gas burner is more than the cost to run a small
electric burner and less than to run a large one on high.
http://www.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au/uploads/cooking_52.pdf
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> If there is a
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> well, i somehow doubt that the powder i use is available there, but just in
> case, in australia it is marketed as "aware" or "planet ark". :-)
Planet Ark is intended for hot, warm, or cold water.
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> well, not really. i think we'd agree that plain old-fashioned thrift, and
> realising we are not entitled to have everything that whistles and squeaks,
> is the way forward. i do detest entitlement in people. i think it's just
> morally wrong. waste is morally wrong. (etc).
> kylie
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I think Celsius temperatures are a waste of plain old-fashioned
Fahrenheit temperatures.
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