How do you easily save 1% on national CO2 emissions as well as over $3 billion in energy costs? According to some studies, this could happen if we all simply wash our clothes in cold water.
Most of us are unaware of the full extent of energy required to wash our clothes. A staggering 85-90% of this energy is used by the water heater. Only 10-15% actually goes to running the washing machine. A switch of all U.S. washers to cold water would mean a savings of about 30 million tons of CO2 per year.
The best part is that washing in cold apparently has no effect on the washing process. Who knew?
UPDATE: And while I'm linking to the TerraPass blog, two additional thoughts.
1. If you own a car and don't own a TerraPass, you should. Stop complaining and start acting.
2. Wal-Mart apparently is very, VERY serious about going green. Take a look.
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