Did you know that 90% of the energy used to wash your clothes is spent just heating the water? That's what "my people" are telling me. The Rocky Mountain Institute even estimates that you could save an average of 60 bucks just washing in cold water.
But will it clean?
HA! of course it will. How many of us are truly getting dirty during our day. I'd said, maybe a peanut sauce stain here, some body grease there and that's about it. Cold water will do. I have been washing our clothes in cold water and it's been great. I do wash diapers in warm water with a heavier rinse, and they come out spectacular. I've abandoned hot water completely.
Give it a go, see what happens. I can just see the carbon dioxide waste just disappearing. :)
www.newdream.org recently had a big push for this. Check it out.
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A nice side effect is that you are much less likely to shrink your clothes. I speak from experience :-)
I've been washing my clothes in cold water for more than a year and I can tell no difference in how clean they are compared to the warm and hot water days. Sometimes I'll start the machine on warm just to get the detergent to mix in really well but after about 30 seconds it's cold, cold, cuh-hold, baby.
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