Posted on 07/23/2023 2:32:37 AM PDT by Libloather
The U.S. Department of Energy is now turning its attention to household water heaters as the Biden administration continues to target everyday home appliances for further regulations.
The administration, led by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, proposed new standards for water heaters last week. The standards on residential water heater efficiency, which are required by Congress, have not been updated in 13 years.
Officials say the new regulations to impose energy efficiency standards would save consumers $11.4 billion on energy and water bills annually. The regulations - which would take effect in 2029 - would require electric water heaters to use heat pumps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Water heaters account of 13 percent of all Americans' annual residential energy use and utility costs. The new pumps are twice as efficient as the older models.
However, critics point to the move as the latest in Biden's 'war' on appliances that has seen the administration target machines ranging from air conditioners to gas stoves in homes.
There is no word on whether Americans will have to immediately replace their water heaters, but the rules don't go into effect for five years. The last time the rules were updated, they had the backing of the largest manufacturers.
Storage tank heaters typically cost between $500 to $800 and are often replaced over the life of the home.
The standards are expected to reduce more than 500 million metric tones of carbon dioxide emissions over 30 years.
The new regulations might initially make water heaters more expensive, but consumers should recoup costs over time, Johanna Neumann, a senior director at the nonprofit Environment America Research and Policy Center, told the Washington Post.
'Appliance standards are an unsung hero in our work to address climate change and transition to wiser energy use,'...
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“The new regulations might initially make water heaters more expensive, but consumers should recoup costs over time”
Should...........now where have I heard that before 🤔
“You will own nothing, and you will be happy.”
“Oh? You mean, like, I’ll borrow what I need? or subscribe to certain things? I won’t actually own stuff, but I’ll have access to things that make me happy?”
“No. I mean we’re taking everything away from you, and you complain about it, we’ll kill you.”
Now and again I’ll light a fragrance candle. It has a calming effect on me.
I sure hope President Biden doesn’t find out about this! Candles emit both carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Sure, I only use candles in a well-ventilated room. But that’s probably not enough to save the Erf.
This stuff is not coming from a senile.. obama
They start with small, to get your habits ready for all your freedoms
Government central planning. Didn’t work for the Soviets.
Government needs to govern.
Or else they don’t have a purpose and no budget!
The fix is in, folks, future elections are already decided.
They want us living in dirt holes while they enjoy their gas stoves, hot water heaters and air conditioners.
They hate that we have access to such luxuries. HATE.
An important part of the president’s job is to say “hell, no” to the wilder schemes put forth by his staff. Biden is now far too senile to even begin to perform this function, and so this is what we get.
The last time things got this crazy was FDR’s first term. FDR wasn’t senile, but he was an economic idiot, which allowed all kinds of stupid schemes to get put into action until the Supreme Court finally said NO!
Sure, come for our gas oowered vehicles, our gas stoves and our water geaters.
Soon these self righteous commie brigs will have us back in the pioneers days. We will look just like San Francisco.
Please get these queer idiots OFF ME!
I wont believe we are whipped yet.
This will export more jobs to Asia where heat pumps are manufactured.
I doubt that there are any made in the US. Even if it says “made in USA” on the outside, the guts come from Asia.
Outlawing Yankee Candle would be a blessing.
“Storage tank heaters typically cost between $500 to $800”
That is 2023 numbers. With Bidenomics, Bidenflation, Bidenergy, BidenEPA that $500 to $800 will be at least $5000 to $8000.
Probably much more due to the shortage of new water heaters.
Congress turning their power to make laws over to the Executive branch has become
Legislation Without Representation
and that has lead to an unchecked tyranny especially when that same Executive appoints a rubber-stamping Judiciary.
Just because none in the monopolized ‘watch dogs of democracy’ dare to call it what it is does not not make it any less so.
From our Declaration of Independence
” . . . when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
They also cost more, don't last as long, and will be more expensive to repair -- if someone bothered to repair it. More likely to buy a new one and dump the old one in a landfill, which isn't good for the environment, is it?
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