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A comment on Why Nuclear Power, Not Renewables, Is the Path to Low-Carbon Energy (2020). Parent comment

Re:Why Nuclear Power, Not Renewables, Is the Path to Low-Car... by rejectedandsad on Monday June 14, 2021 @10:28AM (#27502927)
All of the dryers I’ve used have been electric, not gas in all of the apartments and homes I’ve lived in. Some places in the north do use natural gas but that’s more in older developments.
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Re:Why Nuclear Power, Not Renewables, Is the Path to Low-Car... by seszett on Monday June 14, 2021 @10:33AM (#27503009)
All dryers I have used in North America (Canada, not the US) were electric but simply dumped the hot and moist air to the outside. Compared to my current heat pump dryer (in Europe) they were horribly inefficient.
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Re:Why Nuclear Power, Not Renewables, Is the Path to Low-Car... by danans on Monday June 14, 2021 @10:36AM (#27503056)
Heat pump electric dryers, still rare in the US, work very differently than electrical resistance dryers.
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