- 洗濯物、外干しに脚光=乾燥機からエコ重視へ-米 (時事通信)
http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/topics/world/n_the_states3__20091116_43/story/091116jijiX276/
Information that may be useful/benefitial for teahers of Japanese language in the U.S. (Some of the contents may rather be aginst language education, which I hope you will use to think about your counter argument.)