[MtnClimber]

Controlling every aspect of your life was always the goal.

[eclecticEel]

And then all the pre-washing and post-rinsing ensures that no water will be actually be saved.

[metmom]

Take as one example the new dishwasher rule, announced on May 5. This one comes from the Department of Energy. It imposes on dishwasher manufacturers what they call “new standards for water and energy efficiency.” In the press release, the main sales pitch to the people is that this is going to save you money — lots of money — along with reducing “carbon emissions” and “saving water.”:

People will go back to handwashing dishes, thus NOT saving water and carbon emissions.

[econjack]

$3 billion — that’s a lot of money! Actually, not. It’s $3 billion over 30 years, or $100 million per year. There are 123 million households in the U.S., so this is well less than one dollar per year per household. Similarly, the supposed CO2 emissions reductions are less than trivial: 12.5 million metric tons over 30 years is 417,000 metric tons per year. That compares to some 6.34 billion metric tons of emissions for the U.S. in 2021, and 37.12 billion metric tons for the world. So the reduction in CO2 emissions, if actually achieved, would be 0.0066% of U.S. emissions, or 0.0012% of world emissions. But wasn’t U.S. electricity production supposed to be carbon free by 10 years from now? If so most of the supposed emissions reductions from more efficient dishwashers will never happen.

Agencies don't do thoughtful cost/benefit analysis. Congress has abdicated its responsibilities and allowed agencies to run roughshod over the economy. They don't even consider the costs born by the consumer in higher product costs. The EPA sets pollution standards to get clean air. That's like a No Peeing Zone in a public pool. Take a look:

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/particulates/isobaric/250hPa/overlay=pm2.5/orthographic=-278.60,34.31,422

You can drag the globe around to see who the major polluters are and it ain't us!