Why do clothes dryers have a negative effect on the environment?

Question

My partner is always trying to make me hang out the washing. I want a reason!

Answer 1

anything that uses electrical energy can have a negative effect on the environment because it uses up natural resources.



personally i think clothes dryers are a necessary convenience and i'm not leaving my washing outside to dry. i tend to do a lot of laundry at night on weekends while i watch tv.

Answer 2

Drying clothes in air and sunlight consumes no natural resources. In addition, sunlight includes ultraviolet rays which destroy viruses and kill bacteria.



Clothes dryers use at least electricity and perhaps also natural gas. Electricity production also uses natural gas, or coal, or oil, at least in most parts of the country. Global warming from increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere is all due to one single cause - the burning of fossil fuel - coal, oil, and natural gas. So. every time you dry clothes by machine instead of using air and sunlight, you contribute some small amount to global warming.



All extraction, modification and transportation of fossil fuels also has negative impacts on the physical and natural world, including landscape degradation, habitat destruction, and soil, water and air pollution. These effects are mitigated but not eliminated by current environmental protection standards.



The question for you is, how much damage to mother nature are you willing cause in order to have dryer-fresh clothes?

Answer 3

clothes dryers use a lot of electricity

a lot of electricity is made by burning coal,

burning coal contaminates the air and damages the ozone layer and produces a lot of carbon in the smoke



Hang out the damn washing ,listen to your partner ,it costs nothing ,your clothes get just as dry ,you are not a partner in contamination

the neighborhood gets to know your underwear and can see how rich you are,



what have you got to loose

dont argue about everything,

think green

Answer 4

Anything that consumes energy resources has a direct and an indirect negative effect on the environment. Just think of that. But I thing that your partner is a little too tight.

Answer 5

When I put out a clothes years ago when CA electrical charges were spiking, I called it a "California clothes dryer"



But, if you don't enjoy doing it, it is a chore, and your partner wants it done, just ask, or tell, your partner to do it. Simple.

Answer 6

Clothes driers generate a lot of heat which rises into our environment contributing to global warming. try hanging out ur wash. it will smell even better than a dier can make it and be dry throughly as well in no time!... donalore

Answer 7

It consumes energy, generally made by burning fossil fuels, which contributes to global warming.



But there are many ways to save electricity. Do some research, and suggest to your partner that there are better ways to do that.



There are many ways to help the environment. Try to identify the ones that appeal to you, and don't worry about things you really don't want to do.

Answer 8

dryers gobbles up alot of energy esp wen there heat drying it. it is a good way to help the environment plus save u money on electricity bills too.

Answer 9

I live in pr, and i use my dryer only on rainy days

Answer 10

clothes hung up out to dry makes them smell good

Answer 11

IThey produce gas in the air.

Answer 12

As far as I know, you're just saving electricity by hangin your stuff out.