Here in Australia, we take the humble clothes line for granted. You’d be hard pressed to find any house in this country without one. While many of us have clothes dryers (around 62% of households); they tend to be used only when there’s been extended wet weather.

We generally view the clothes dryer as a luxury rather than an essential. In a 2002 survey by the Australian Ministerial Council on Energy, only 20% of clothes dryers in Australia were reported as being used at least once a week. I guess that’s one of the positives of living in “The Sunburnt Country”.

It came as a great surprise to discover that in some parts of the world – particularly in the USA; line drying can be the exception rather than the norm, with gas/electric clothes dryers being the preferred method.

Figures from the USA department of energy show that around 90% of American homes have a clothes dryer, with the average family using it an incredible 400 times a year.

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