How to dry your hands

How should you dry your hands after washing them?

At home, you should always use a cloth towel. This is plenty sanitary and oh-so-much-greener than paper towels. This part's a no-brainer.

But what about a public restroom? Your two obvious options will often be paper towels or an air blower. If you get to choose, go with the air blower. Yes, it uses electricity. But it doesn't cut down trees, which then need fossil fuels to transport them to a factory, which then needs energy to turn the trees into paper towels, which then must be transported again with fossil fuels and then go into a plastic bag, which then uses fossil fuels again to transport it to a landfill, where it never biodegrades... You see?

The best idea, though, is to follow No Impact Man's recommendation: carry a small towel with you to dry your hands or wrap things with. Seriously. Consider it.