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0 pointsWowfunhappy3y ago0 comments

Okay, so your dryer uses zero electricity, but the carbon impact is presumably still substantial?

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Probably worse. Gas will always have a carbon footprint. While electricity is getting greener every day!

judge20203y ago

Isn't there consensus that the industrial sector's carbon footprint is multitudes greater than residential so even a net-0 residential would barely put a dent in reducing carbon impact?

bombcar3y ago

Residential energy use accounts for roughly 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1922205117

So it could do something, but it's not everything.

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