Or if line drying is not practical for you for whatever reason, consider a heat pump dryer as a compromise. It dries by dehumidification instead of heat (it condenses the moisture away and continuously blows dry air at your clothes) and uses a fraction of the energy (to the point that they use the standard North American 120v 15A plug and not the giant 240v one). Most models also don't need to be vented so you won't have a tube full of lint that can catch fire. Technology Connections likened them to accelerated line drying.

that works wonders when you live in a hot, dry place. i'm back living in my hometown in northeastern brazil after spending 13 years in southern brazil, which is cold and damp 9 months of the year. since i've arrived i used the dryer only once. but back there it was hard to let them dry out in the air. you either used the dryer or accumulated dirty clothes, up to the point you were left without clean clothes and with a big potential rat nest.

wait how the fuck else are you drying clothes?

Hundreds of what?

I’ve literally never hung clothes out to dry without at least one item getting shat on by a bird. Is this not a universal problem?

Line drying makes your clothes last longer too. I do that with all my jeans, towels, hoodies, etc. Basically only use the dryer for cotton socks, underwear, and tshirts.

Wait a few years and the state of US economics will make this problem nonexistent: most Americans wouldn't even have electro-mechanical dryers.

I haven't used a dryer in years. I have one but I literally never use it.

N dlesve your clothese feeling litke hard crusty shit