Posted on 08/08/2023 8:37:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Biden administration’s War on Modernity is death by a thousand regulations.
It’s no secret that the Biden admin wants to ditch gas stoves as well as impose harsh regulations on washing machines, dishwashers, water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, and anything else they can think of under the guise of “saving the planet” from climate change.
These regulations make things more expensive and people either shell out more of their hard-earned dollars for a basic necessity or do without because the appliance has been priced out of reach.
It’s also a direct attack on the freedom of the consumer to make choices by limiting them for ideological reasons.
Now that the Biden Admin is going to make air conditioning more expensive, the next target for the White House climate change activists living in the Acela Corridor is… ceiling fans.
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding energy conservation standards for ceiling fans. If adopted, the new “energy efficiency” standards would apply to all standard ceiling fans, hugger ceiling fans, large-diameter ceiling fans and high-speed belt-driven ceiling fans. Biden’s Energy Department will accept comments, data and information on the proposed rule no later than August 21. “DOE has tentatively concluded that the proposed standards represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in the significant conservation of energy,” the department said. Source: American Military News
Ceiling fans are popular because either: (a)people can’t afford to put in air conditioning, or (b) they want to use them instead of turning on the A/C.
If you buy into the climate stuff, the Biden admin is now targeting the more environmentally-friendly option.
Is there no one from the DOE that’s from anywhere south of Virginia?!
What is up with these people and the regulations?
When President Trump took office, one of his first moves was to cut regulations, but Biden put them right in place.
Here is President Trump talking about that very thing this past weekend in the way that only President Trump does.
Trump on job-killing regulations: “You know, I have this gorgeous head of hair. When I take a shower, I want water to pour down on me…” 😂 pic.twitter.com/3DkjR75LF8
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) August 6, 2023
Biden’s former climate advisor was crowing about all the regulations they had imposed on appliances in 2022.
Biden climate advisor Gina McCarthy: "We're actually going to do 100 rules this year alone on appliances."
The airlines are "gonna be out of here" if they don’t follow Biden’s Green New Deal-style rules. pic.twitter.com/AKI7InJDBw
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 4, 2022
Let’s not forget that this spring, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that she believed that the entire U.S. military should adopt an ALL-electric vehicle fleet by 2030.
Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says she supports requiring the U.S. military to adopt an ALL-electric vehicle fleet by 2030 pic.twitter.com/pw4F3jmrpo
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 26, 2023
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that you can save on the high price of gas by buying an electric car.
Pete Buttigieg: Upset with near-record gas prices? Too bad. Buy an electric vehicle.
(The average cost of an electric vehicle is over $55,000) pic.twitter.com/VjBvhx4RGd
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 7, 2022
Vice President Kamala “Identity Hire” Harris was weirdly gushing about electric buses…
KAMALA HARRIS gushes over electric school buses: "The bus has Wi-Fi and even USB outlets next to every seat. I mean, come on, imagine — you could charge your phone!" pic.twitter.com/bbvwc2xQs7
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 11, 2023
…but notice that none of them ever seem to admit where the electricity comes from and what it will do to the grid if we all move over to EVs.
Not to mention that China practically has a monopoly on the raw materials needed to make the batteries and the horrors of what goes on to mine them.
Guest On Joe Rogan’s Podcast Exposes The Horrors Of Mining Cobalt Used In Lithium Batteries
But hey, according to the Left, it’s all about “saving the planet” not about pushing an anti-human agenda.
That’s why Democrats think that all the little people should suffer… after all, “we’re all in this together”, right? Now, where have I heard that before…? Oh, right. It was during the pandemic when politicians and the elite flouted COVID restrictions and raked in billions in profits while insisting that you shut down your small business, not attend funerals and closed the schools and churches. It seems like “we” doesn’t include “them” very often, does it?
Pandemic panic is being transformed into climate panic right before our eyes because the people in power need to keep the public in fear so that they can take even more power.
And they’ll go after everything… right down to your ceiling fans.
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Here in north Idaho, we have ceiling fan/light combos in every room. Most of the time, that’s all we need for cooling and air circulation. These mo fos won’t stop until we’re all living in mud huts. But mostly, they want us dead.
Is there no one who will stop these bastards?
Guess I need to look into hiring a punkah coolie. Or maybe hiring out as one.
Joe... JOE...JOE!!!! EV’s use electricity which comes from fossil fuels, better outlaw EV’s.......
All I’m reading is a way to force people to buy all new, big ticket items required for a home so they make money off the corporations on which they sit on the boards.
Notice, it says belt driven fans....that means Attic fans! Not ceiling fans.
Oops, not just ceiling fans.
I’m sure some fanatics want to see us dead but I think most “progressives” don’t want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, i.e., the middle class taxpayers. More likely they want us quiescent and they do this by using regulations to turn us into unwitting or witting criminals. Start making a fuss and watch the government unleash its regulatory pitbulls on you. It’s exactly what they are doing to Trump.
Without legislation to stop gross over-reaches by the Executive Branch, over-regulation will never stop. Republican presidents will pause it, but never roll it back, and it will be resumed every time a Democrat gets into the White House. Manufacturers know it, and will go along with stated Democrat goals, knowing that they will get their way in the long term.
Reading helps.
"If adopted, the new “energy efficiency” standards would apply to all standard ceiling fans..."
All these items were made more efficient years ago. I have an HE washer at my apt project...it s****.
We have an LG HE washing machine front loader.
It doesn’t seem to clean as good as the old ones did..................
*groans*
100%
The clothes are not getting the benefit of the circulation of water in these HE machines. My clothes still smell of detergent at the end of the cycle.
oh boooooo....lol
I have learned not to pack in a lot of clothes, even though it’s supposed to be a ‘heavy duty’ ‘extra large’ washer.
They don’t get tumbled enough if you put too much in.......
Why elect a Republican Congress? They fund the DOE. They write the laws for DOE to follow. And they wait for the states to file suit.
Nope. Because we live an effective one-party state, government from DC, with our own KGB (DOJ) working to enforce political conformity.
Sorry to say it, but only de facto bankruptcy is going to make a dent in the deep-state and its massive, ideological bureaucracy.
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