Conservation vs. Convenience

I have a friend who has a dryer IN her bathroom. Can you imagine the possibilities? Warm towels after every shower. Warm, piping hot towels are my dream. I have to say though, that crunchy sun-dried towels are also delightful if they are dried in the sunshine and are still a little warm. Cook Island sun dried towels are the last word in wonderful.

Washington on the other hand isn't usually hot...or dry. So towels exposed to the elements tend to get soggier than when you put them out on the line.

Here's a trick for when you are running late and have no clean, wrinkle free clothes to wear to work. Take your just used, slightly damp towel and throw it in the dryer with your wrinkled clothes, eat breakfast, return to the dryer and voila! Instant ironing.

Following this standard procedure the other day though got me thinking. Is ironing better for the environment? Which appliance actually uses more watts of power? Do I even want to know? Do you know?