{"id":700,"date":"2009-10-11T18:54:49","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T22:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/?p=700"},"modified":"2009-10-11T18:54:49","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T22:54:49","slug":"drying-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"Drying for Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/paulrickards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/natural_clothes_dryer-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"natural_clothes_dryer\" title=\"natural_clothes_dryer\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/natural_clothes_dryer-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/natural_clothes_dryer.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I&#8217;m an advocate for drying clothes outdoors.  There are many reasons why I choose to do this but the biggest is the reduction in the utility bill (we have an electric clothes dryer).  Even before we installed solar panels on the roof, I would hang laundry outside to reduce our carbon footprint.<br \/>\nJeff just tipped me off to a new movie coming out in 2010 called <a href=\"http:\/\/dryingforfreedom.com\/\">Drying For Freedom<\/a> that explores the growing and reversing trend of drying clothes outside.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7gm2ZL1CVWU\">The trailer<\/a> mentions that $5 billion (yes BILLION) is spent on just drying clothes in America.  What a waste!  The movie also exposes the growing trend of communities passing laws that prohibit clothes lines.  What this causes, according to the trailer, is to equate power consumption with status. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihumpedyourhummer.com\/\">This sounds awfully familiar!<\/a>) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m an advocate for drying clothes outdoors. There are many reasons why I choose to do this but the biggest is the reduction in the utility bill (we have an electric clothes dryer). Even before we installed solar panels on the roof, I would hang laundry outside to reduce our carbon footprint. Jeff just tipped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,16,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}