If your washing machine is undersized but your dryer is standard, consider drying two wash loads at once. Running your dryer for 45 minutes uses the same amount of energy regardless of how much laundry is being dried. Just make sure you don't overstuff the dryer, though, because clothes need breathing room to tumble.
For every drying load you eliminate per week, you'll save about $18 in energy costs per year. If one in five U.S. households cut-out one drying load per week, the savings across the country would total more than $1 million per day.
Renewable energy doesn't come only from the sun, wind, and water. Biomass, which is any organic, non-petroleum-based matter that can be used as fuel, has the potential to be sustained indefinitely if properly managed. It's the organic leftovers from forestry and farming that can be put to good use creating energy, instead of going to waste in a landfill. Some examples of biomass include wood residue from forest clearing and mills, livestock waste, aquatic plants, and sugarcane (bagasse).
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