Quote Originally Posted by dmantione
You have to wash so much clothes that it needs to run 24 hours a day?! :shock: A washing machine can indeed easily pull 3000 watts, but it only does that for a very short time, as soon as the water is heated, it doesn't draw much power any more.
Uh, no I don't. But if it's running I leave it on. Though I don't typically wash or dry clothes at night!

Computers are blamed for the rise in power consumption, but they aren't making more powerplants either. A nuclear powerplant would solve all California's power problems, but it's illegal to build powerplants there! Morons. It's primarily the cooling costs that are problematic out there.