I’ll tell you EXACTLY where this is going.
The “poor” will be able to get a “free energy audit”, and anywhere their house doesn’t meet the standard,
you and I will have to pay to upgrade it.
They must lie awake at night thinking up ways to waste our time and money.
The Gov will determine if your house is up to their specifications before you can sell. Just another sure fire way to destroy wealth........take the equity to fix up and then sell for the price before the Gov was involved.
Considering the current rate of American decline its probably appropriate since we’ll all be living in our cars before long.
Then they will mandate those “smart” thermostats like they do down in Austin. I have several coworkers whose a/c, heater get “governed” at different times. One gal said her thermostat was set at 85 from 8am to 8pm for a week once.
Soon it will be MANDATORY...................
Gell-Mann's Totalitarian Principle states: "Everything not forbidden is compulsory."
A chasm divides the ability to score an automobile and a dwelling.
With a car, there typically isn’t any ‘guaranteed’ record of the fuel use, thus a person need to take the guys word as to the mileage the car gets.
With a house, records are typically available from the utility company going back years and years, so a buyer can see what the actual costs to warm and cool the house are.
First they measure, then they regulate.
Hello, I’m from the Department of Energy and I’m here to help you.
create a fake crisis:global warming
then grow government , control us more, take away our money and freedom. in one word:socialism
government already banned lightbulbs to save us from global warming that doesn't exist
government is the problem and the enemy .so is the news media
Excess energy usage tax coming. They will use all the same lines, just change ‘fat cat’ to ‘energy hog’ because the energy is unevenly distributed.
The highest ratings will be reserved for homes that allow MONITORING AND CONTROL!!!
You know that Utility Company flyer that tells you about a “reward” for installing that Air Conditioning SHUT OFF MECHANISM....?!?!?!?!
A trained, “qualified assessor” comes to your home — for a fee — and collects approximately 40 pieces of data.
Adolf is that you?.
My heating bill will be $825 plus $523 for hot water and cooking, I live in a cold part of the country. This is for a 1500 sq ft retirement home.
How soon does “suggestion” become “mandate”?