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Default Towel Saves Money

11/28/2016

Electric Dryer, Clothes Dryer, Bath Towels, moisture sensors, going green, going true green, bath towels, wet clothes, drying clothes, saving energy, saving gas, saving electricity, saving on utility bills

Dry Default Dryer Towel

Do you own a Clothes Dryer? Do you use a Clothes Dryer? This Going True Green Blog teaches how one easy action can save you money and drying time, as well as significantly helping our environment every time you dry clothes in a dryer.

No matter what type of Clothes Dryer you have, take the biggest bath towel you own and throw that towel into the Dryer with all your wet clothes! That is correct! To save approximately 7 minutes drying time (give or take a few minutes), each and every time you dry clothes, get the largest bath towel you own and make it your Dryer's towel. Yes, this towel shall stay and live in the Dryer forever. In other words, make this towel your Dryer's Default Towel.

Why does this help?

Save Money!

Having an already dry towel in the Dryer with wet clothes will help absorb the moisture out of the air inside the dryer, thus helping to dry clothes in less time. This action doesn't take much and when you start adding up the minutes saved each time the dryer runs, money is also saved. Especially when there is a moisture sensor inside the Dryer. This moisture sensor feature can save 15% alone and with the large dry bath towel also being used the savings will be even greater.

So each time the Dryer is done, remove the clothes and then toss the Dry Default towel back into the Dryer for the next load. You can also read all the details to saving money, energy, and earth with electric and gas clothes dryers at this Link to our EnergyHotwire website.
...And then there is using a clothes line outside in the fresh air to dry your clothes. Remember that sustainable way? Many people in the world still use them!

Bill Lauto, GTG
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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RACCOON ATTACK

11/15/2016

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Talk Radio, Raccoon, St. John's University, Going Green, Sustainable Living,

Raccoon Tenants?

A few weeks ago I was on the New York campus of St. John’s University for my speaking engagement when I saw Ross, a good friend and professor. Our discussion ran the spectrum from the Shroud of Turin to String Theory, like all our usual conversations. However, this time, our focussed settled on how to deal with raccoons! The topic came up because my friend recently discovered a raccoon living in the rafters of his unconnected garage, that he converted into his studio. The discovery came about after seeing a continuous and growing amount of destruction about the room. First he saw that his tools were disrupted and a few days later found his studio asunder.

Not wanting to cause any harm to the animal we were talking about how each township has their own set of rules and laws when dealing with undomesticated animals such as squirrels, possums, and raccoons. One popular rule is how we are not allowed to trap, transport and relocated the animal elsewhere, even if that area is a protected park or forest.

So the question remained about what is the best way to move a raccoon out of one’s garage. Exactly at that moment we heard, “Good day gentlemen.” Lou, another good friend and professor was passing by and joined the conversation. Turns out that Lou also had raccoons living in his back yard studio and he immediately injected the answer: Talk Radio.

24 Hour Talk Radio

So when you leave a radio on, that is tuned into a 24 hour talk radio station, the continuous sound of humans talking keep the raccoons on alert all the time. So after a few days or so of non-stop human talking, the enervated raccoons will leave to find more suitable living quarters. Then at that point of our conversation, Lou had to leave to teach a class.

I then discussed with Ross that once he ascertains the Raccoon had moved out, he had to find the entry point and seal it up. Thus avoiding any new destructive and non-paying tenants.

Having unwanted animals move in, is not an uncommon event, especially when winter winds start blowing and you have older buildings located by a park or woods. Thankfully Lou knew the solution, one which I learned about 15 years earlier and neglected to remember. I just started teaching part-time at BOCES for Outdoor Education and one of our classrooms inside a stable had a terrible odor of urine inside. I was told that we had a family of raccoons living in the rafters. The following week, I arrived early in the morning to set up the classroom ahead of time and found inside an old battery operated radio playing an all talk station. I learned a few weeks later that our uninvited guest moved out.

I hope sharing this information proves helpful for some of my GoingTrueGreen.com readers and visitors. Bottom Line: There is always another way.

Bill Lauto, GTG
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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