Posted on 12/29/2020 11:56:46 AM PST by artichokegrower
A coalition of environmental groups sued the Energy Department on Tuesday in an effort to block a new federal rule that would allow for faster dishwashers, arguing it could possibly lead to “higher household utility bills and more pollution.”
The rule finalized by the department in October would create a product class of dishwashers “with a cycle time for the normal cycle of one hour or less from washing through drying.”
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They are prying farther and farther into our lives to gain total control.
I’m worried about Calif cutting off nat gas for new construction.
The next step will be raising the price so high it will force us to go all electric.
Mercy! There’s no end to the extent that radical environmentalists won’t try to control our lives.
Scratch the veneer off an environmentalist, and there’s always a fascist underneath.
Sue & settle is back again.
Yep. Science, all right. "Could." "Possibly." Very definite Great concepts to base policy on.
As if eliminating phosphates wasn’t enough. Get your f’n paws off cleaning the dishes!
A new subdivision built across the road form our house is ALL-ELECTRIC, even though gas is available, like at our house.....................
This is proof that Biden isn’t going to get inaugurated. Otherwise, these groups would just wait for whatever liberal stooge heads the EPA and reverses all of Trump’s directives.
I had a heat pump house in the 80s.
Expensive, unreliable, and COLD in the winter.
Probably OK if you’re in the South or Southwest.
And due to “emanating penumbras” and various Latin gobbledygook, they have standing, but Texas does not ...
I pre-rinse everything before putting things in the dishwasher. A dishwasher that used more water might save on the utility bills.
Dominion dish washers???
https://www.chooseenergy.com/data-center/electricity-sources-by-state/
“I hate the new dishwashers...”
Has any freeper found an inexpensive GOOD can opener ?
What about pencil sharpeners with a world of crap ?
IOW, they are making excuses to ruin our lives.
We need to be able to have dishwashers that wash in less than 2 hours. I don't know a single person who likes the newer longer washing time dishwashers.
Gang Green wants you freezing and starving in the dark. Ultimately, they want most of us dead. KTF
I guess the Envior-Nazis will have a problem with me removing the water restrictor from my bath faucet!!!
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