re: #86 ralphieboy

Southern California also has clothesline laws. What is more important, a subjective detriment to local property values or reducing energy demand?

Both the Soviet and US military experimented with nuclear-powered aircraft, one of the dumbest megalomaniac military-industrial ideas I have ever heard of.

We dried most of our clothes last summer outside. My gas bill fell by half. Granted, the only other thing that uses it during the summer is the water heater, but it was still a significant savings.

A lot of places have ordinances against such things. We called first and found out we didn’t have to worry about it, but I was prepared to fight otherwise, in the wake of $4 gasoline and continuous bleating from Washington about energy independence.

It seems like this ought to be the best possible time to get such stupid laws overturned.

To kick things off, someone ought to invite a couple dozen designers to create really cool, extremely pricey drying racks. Rope in the wealthy - who’ll buy anything trendy - and everything else will follow.