When we moved in, we chose not to purchase a dryer. in our energy star research, it turned out that dryers, no matter how old they were, were about equally efficient - it was more a matter of keeping them lint free than the newness. So we went all winter hangdrying our clothes [...]
This is TERRIFIC article about how to dry your clothes, why to dry your clothes, even how to wash your clothes more efficiently without buying the very cool top-loading washing machine that we did!
Don’t Be an Energy Glutton: How to Wash and Dry Your Clothes Efficiently : Chelsea Green.