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  • From: Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Shaking the grid
  • Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:43:27 -0600

I would probably go to hand washing everything, using a scrub board and a wringer rather than hook up a bicycle to a wringer washer. To me, hand washing is just not that big a horror - been there, done that.

However, if I could access anything - ie, if whatever power crisis that took out my power did not also take out the Internet - then I would ***happily*** pedal to power my Wild Blue dish and my laptop!

Gloria

On 2/23/2010 5:33 PM, Lynda wrote:
Well, then there's gonna be a whole lot of people that figure out they don't
need to do two loads of laundry a week! Bet you guys don't. I know we sure
don't.

I think this would be an example of the whole waste as a life style that is
America!

Besides, think of how fit all the couch potatoes will become if they have to
pedal to clean their clothes<g> Or pedal to use their computers or
toasters or blenders or, or, or.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From:<Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
Correct that wringers use less energy than spin dry. But this entry is
quite candid about the work involved. You are going to pedal the machine
for
an hour and half (continuously) to do one load of laundry.

Make no mistake that this is a very efficient use of resources. But the
family that does two loads of laundry a day will have someone on that seat
three hours day. Allowing for a break now and again, that's a half time
job
just to power the washing machine.

All this changes, of course, if you use less laundry. (Same with using
less
electricity).

I've used a manual powered wringer before and believe me if you are
washing
jeans, you are going to break into a sweat wringing them even with pedal
power.

Good site.


James</HTML>
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