The less efficient they make appliances, the more they are used and the sooner they wear out.
Water saver toilets do not save water when you have to flush twice.
Washing machines which use less water will not reduce water use. People will not put up with dirty clothes so will do smaller loads more often, wearing the machine out sooner, which means replacing it more often, increasing the trash load, and ultimately using more water in the extra loads.
The list can go on.
I have what was a top of the line 12 year old Kenmore fridge that stopped working. A bit of troubleshooting identified that I needed a new starter kit. I contacted a parts supplier, but they couldn’t get the right starter kit, and I ended up waiting for months....fortunately I have another fridge. When the delay in getting parts continued I told the parts supplier they were forcing me to scrap a fridge all for the sake of what should have been a readily available part. The parts supplier told me “you absolutely do not want to scrap that fridge....the new ones are such junk you will be very lucky to get 5 years out of one and it might be only 2 or 3.” OK....so I put the Kenmore in the garage and waited.
So there’s the dilemma....new ones are junk and parts for old ones are unavailable at least for my Kenmore. I do know one thing.....the other reason why I wanted my Kenmore fixed was because it was understandable and easy to repair. In researching the new ones they appear to be unserviceable and thus no option but to junk if they fail.
What an unworkable situation....clearly other options are needed.