The Energy Wasters Report

Cambridge University’s Sustainable Manufacturing Group is out with a study, “Well Dressed,” which analyzes the environmental life cycle costs of clothes, including the energy consumed in producing, washing and drying them. It turns out we cycle through a lot more clothes, and consume a lot more energy to support them, than our parents or grandparents did. The New York Times also did a big story today about this study, headlined “Pollution in the Closet,” but you have to be registered to read it.