Posted on 04/17/2011 1:48:40 PM PDT by PROCON
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) continues his lambasting of Energy Department regulations on consumer products. Blaming a Department of Energy (DOE) secretary for his non-functioning toilet a month ago and comparing new government regulations on efficiency standards to actions of “the collective” from Ayn Rand’s 1937 novel ‘Anthem’.
“You restrict my purchases, you don’t care about my choices, you don’t care about the consumer frankly, you raise the cost of the all the items with all your rules, all your notions that you know what’s best for me,” Paul said to DOE Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hogan at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on March 10th.
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Excellent point, the Nanny-State at it's worst.
Given that this is one of my favorite topics — government-mandated low flow toilets which don’t flush — I think I like Rand Paul.
Speaking of toilets, the low flow toilets we have nowadays just don’t work as well as the old style ones.
I understand that they use less water per flush, however, depending on what you are flushing, you can end up flushing or using a plunger two or three times to get the job done.
Just my observation, on the real world functioning of something which was done, with the best of intentions of saving water and helping the environment and all that.
Ok,,light bulbs, shower heads, toilets, what other normal innocent products have been deemed illegal by the people’s dictatorship in DC?
what is interesting is that septic systems seem to need more water to process the waste, and the low flush, i believe, is responsible for the failure of septic systems not breaking down the “solids”
teeman
He needs to remember these too...
Toxic light bulbs that give off creepy light
Automatic dishwasher detergent that doesn’t clean
French fries that are tasteless
Cars that catch fire when plugged in
Higher food prices
etc.
etc.
“With the mandated low water toilets, it will take two flushes to get rid of the current regime. The first flush was in 2010 and we can’t wait to flush again in 2012.”
Post of the day!
Oh, oh, is that the "Green" Police knocking on your door?
Seriously though, the low-flush toilets are a nuisance as is the nanny state.
I read an article here not long ago where the city of San Francisco is rethinking this policy as raw sewage is not being adequately treated at the sewage plants because of the "zillions" of low-flush toilets in the city..LOL.
No one in Congress appears to UNDERSTAND ~ maybe Michelle, but the others? NONE!!~
Since its creation under Jeemy, the DOE has steadily presided over an ever increasing demand on foreign oil. Its grants have been corrupt and counerproductive and its promotion of ethanol a giant boondoggle. Eliminating it might lead to an actual increase in our own production and would certainly cut unnecessary spending.
“Given that this is one of my favorite topics — government-mandated low flow toilets which don’t flush — I think I like Rand Paul.”
Agreed, low flow toilets suck (or not) and therein lies the problem. When you gotta flush three times to get the result of one you gotta question the logic.
I’m beginning to feel like Hank Hill.
In light of the multiple flushes often required for a single “load” I’m guessing the net amount of water ‘saved’ is trivial.
In contrast, the amount of time squandered dealing with unnecessarily clogged toilets is absurd. There’s 115 million U.S. households. Assume there’s even ONE unnecessary clog a year in each household due to the low flush toilets law. Assume it takes 5 minutes to clear each clog on average. That’s roughly 10 million lost hours. Valuing time at $16 an hour—as is done for estimates of the cost of tax compliance (http://www.laffercenter.com/2011/04/the-economic-burden-caused-by-tax-code-complexity/)—that loss equals $160 million. Now multiply by the ACTUAL number of annual avoidable clogs per household. In my household, it’s at least once every other month, so the total time loss is probably $1 billion a year. What exactly do we gain for that wasted time?
The government nannies won’t be happy with good toilets until cholera breaks out. Hopefully in swampy mosquito-laden Washington, D.C.
How I long for the toilets of my childhood. They flushed SO hard I actually lived in fear of them!
That’s funny, I have a Kohler and it stinks. Must be a cheap one (I think it cost about $150 from Home Depot). My mother has a 50 year old American Standard and it’s great.
I can’t believe in 2011, we’re talking about toilets. How sad!
This belongs on a T-shirt! LOL!
What makes you think they'll care about that?
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