According to Visual Capitalist, the average household spends about 13 percent of their total electricity each year powering their clothes washer and dryer. Although it might seem old fashioned, drying clothes outside on a line could save between $25 and $100 each year in electrical costs. Unfortunately, the money you save this way will be offset by the time it takes you to pin it all up and take it down.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.