Thank gawd for the government, AGAIN!
Lets list some things that our government has helped to make worse or destroy through imperial regulations:
Light bulbs, dishwashers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, automobiles, stoves, furnaces, air conditioners, mattresses, pillows, toilets, shower heads, plumbing fixtures, insulation, paint, adhesives, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent, insect repellent, fertilizers, etc.
Do you ever wonder why your parents appliances seemed to last 15 to 20 years and you can’t seem to get one to do much over 10? Why do they put all these plastic parts in our machines today? GOVERNMENT!!! They need to meet efficiency standards so the transmissions have to lighter.
All adhesives have to be water based and can’t have VOCs (smell funny). Dish washing and Laundry detergent can’t have phosphates any more. DDT was banned (could have saved millions of 3rd world lives). Diesel gas engines used to be VERY efficient... until the government decided they put out too much sulfur and mandated a different fuel.