Posted on 12/27/2023 8:50:02 AM PST by lowbridge
2023 was an unusually bad year for appliance regulations, and future years won’t be much better unless Congress finds a way to stop the nonsense.
It all started last January when Richard Trumka Jr., a commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced an investigation into the safety of natural gas stoves and boasted that a ban on them was "a real possibility." That sparked a powerful consumer backlash, followed up by strong denials from the Biden administration that any such ban was in the works.
But CPSC has still gone ahead with its inquiry, and in February, team Biden launched a second regulatory attack on stoves, this time in the form of a new Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standard. A careful read of the proposal reveals that it is much tougher on gas stoves than electric versions – part of the administration’s multipronged attack on natural gas use that it justifies on climate change grounds.
It isn’t just gas stoves, and in fact, Biden regulators have launched proposed regulations for other appliances that are likely to be as bad or even worse. As with the rest of the Biden administration's energy agenda, these regulations put the climate change agenda ahead of the best interests of consumers:
1. Dishwashers
Dishwashers may already be the most over-regulated appliance, having been subjected to four rounds of successively tighter limits on the amount of energy and water they can use. These DOE regulations are the reason dishwashers now take two hours or more to clean a load of dishes, up from about one hour for models predating the federal standards.
Cleaning performance has also suffered. Many consumers report having to rinse their dishes by hand before or after running them in the dishwasher, which is not only an inconvenience
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Utilize the court like the Democrats do.
Of course, the new regs won’t apply to his many residences.
Should be my tagline:
Name one thing the gooberment has made better or less expensive. Just one. I'll wait.
Another agency/bureau/commission which simply needs to be entirely ELIMINATED
Poverty?
Unemployment.
They’ve got to keep Lunch Bucket Joe’s oatmeal and gruel bowls, and ice cream scoops, clean.
To both “poverty” and “unemployment”; he said better, NOT WORSE.
Trumpka jr, eh? I’m sure there’s nothing political about his position, and that he’s a real consumer product safety expert.
My dishwasher is over 10 years old. It takes forever to complete the pots and pans cycle, but it does an amazing job. It’s a Whirlpool, made in USA.
Utilize the court like the Democrats do.
It’s getting harder and harder to find an honest judge.
Pain is part of the process. Biden WANTS us hurting. He wants us punished for not loving him.
Dishwashers are already a blooming joke.
Had a 1980s in my old place, clean dishes in an hour.
New one, high end, 3 hours to wash minimal.
Have no idea how they claim this is energy efficient has to burn way more electricity than the old one... May use less water, but water is renewable... so how is that a win?
In a democratic-republic the citizens are the government. They by establish by constitution organizations to carryout the will of the citizens.
But if the citizens are not consulted on any issues how can these organizations claim to be doing the will of the citizens?
We are no longer governed by consent, we are arbitrarily ruled over by dictate.
You are thinking from society’s point of view. Consider the freeloader’s point of view.
Congress doesn’t need the courts, it has all power. They could simply legislate all agency rule making is advisory. All regulations and rules must be submitted to Congress for legislative action. Additionally, the enforcement actions and methods must be precisely specified and approved by Congress.
Once Congress legislates, they can simultaneously restrict court action, or direct it to a specific district for legal actions within prescribed limits stipulated by Congress. Congress only lacks the backbone. It has more than enough authority.
We just got a new toaster for Christmas and it only toasts one side at a time. Geez.
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