I’ve known for some time that Americans never peg their clothes out, even during the hottest months of the year. Some live in associations that ban clothes lines for being unsightly, others cite pollen, inconvenience, and scratchy texture to defend their choice. I for one see a tumble dryer as a necessary evil that I have no choice but to use during winter for larger items (bedding and towels), and which sits lonely and unloved from April through October. I avoid using it because I am conscious of my carbon footprint and my electricity bill, things that don’t seem to register with the Americans at all. I don’t have the a/c installed for the same reason, even though I live in a hotter part of France and it can get up to 34C upstairs during summer. What are your thoughts?