Posted on 07/20/2015 1:09:58 PM PDT by servo1969
The home appliance industry has a problem with the Obama administration's new dishwasher regulations: They're a wash, so to speak.
The recent proposal from the Department of Energy is meant to boost dishwasher efficiency by setting stricter limits on the amount of water each dishwasher can use, among other changes. Under the plan, washers could use only 3.1 gallons of water for a single load.
But an appliance industry group says the new measures would be counterproductive -- as they'd force users to run their dishwashers more, and hand-wash, just to get the same results, in turn using more water.
"[The regulations] would result in dishwasher performance that is unacceptable to consumers, essentially turning back the clock to the days of hand-washing dishes," the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) said in a statement.
Robert McArver, vice president of policy and government relations at AHAM, told The Hill that the government is trying to "squeeze blood from a stone that just doesnt have any blood left."
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Hillary has four mansions...
Michael Moore and Al Gore have more... with swimming pools. THEY NEED US TO SACRIFICE... How selfish can we be wanting dish washers to work...
Liberal elites use massive amounts of water... they have to get it from somewhere guys...
And consequently they lost tax dollars because people use less gasoline, so now they want to tax your mileage.
Industry needs to fight back against these idiotic regulations.
Just try to find a washer that let's you set the water level to "full."
True enough. To be fair, gas taxes pay for the roads, and there has to be some mechanism to provide enough funds, or we’ll all be complaining about he bad roads.
That site you linked to offers to best deal in bulk: 2000 Lbs ($1.47 per lb) $ 2934.25.
I just need to find 200 people to go in with me!
Isn’t that called ice? (ducking)
I bet. I had to buy a new washer and dryer recently, and I stand around until I get to the part where it lets me add more water. It’s crazy.
Enviro-nuts are destroying our way of life and making us sicker and poorer. These new regulations on dishwashers are really frightening. How many people will get sick and blame it on food poisoning when the culprit is the dishwasher? It’s bad enough that they have persuaded people to turn down the temp on their water heaters, so that germs are breeding in the tanks. As a result, clothes and dishes don’t get as clean, and some people have developed respiratory illnesses from germs in the shower mist. Oh, and speaking of water heaters, new regulations have just gone into effect for those, so that they are bigger and may not fit in the same spot where the old one was. Your government “helping” again.
This is definitely worth a call or an email to your senators and representative.
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