[Madame Dufarge]

"But what exactly does a product need to prove to earn the coveted Energy Star label? That very question was put to the test last June by Congressional auditors posing as four separate companies submitting products to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department, which jointly run the Energy Star program. The results were enlightening.

For instance, a gasoline-powered alarm clock sailed through the program without objection after purposely fraudulent documents were submitted saying it was 20-percent more efficient than competing models. How'd that happen? Apparently, there is an automated system in place that granted an auto-approval to the gas-swilling wake-up machine."

Gasoline powered alarm clock catches Energy Star off guard

[WOBBLY BOB]

Any alarm clock with bigger than a four cylinder is just overkill unless you’re a really sound sleeper.

[LostInBayport]

There was also a space heater with a feather duster taped to it that got the “Energy Star” seal of approval. John Stossel did a segment a short while back on the colossal joke that is Energy Star.