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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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Almost impossible to find a dishwasher that has a real drying cycle these days too.
When camping we just throw a copper coil in the fire and pump water though it. Old school water heater. Biden will have us doing that at our homes.
SPJNK KTF
There has to be a financial incentive for the people who are pushing this…
And just how often do you shower, citizen?
Do you not know that we must conserve the government's water?
I have to laugh. We bought our home over 20 years ago. The dish washer we had was 25 years old.. I gave it to the person who installed our hard wood floors. We are now on our 2nd dishwasher. It is pathetic that appliances last 10 to 15 years at most. Now the government wants us to buy bigger pieces of crap?
For the price of a 5 cent bullet and a two cent bullet.
Oswald and Sirhan Sirhan respectively saved us a lot of grief.
This is just dumb. We got the 1964 election wipeout because of the grief over the Kennedy killing. Johnson and a filibuster proof senate majority caused way more damage than Kennedy would have.
And most water heaters sold in this country are made in Mexico
I beat them to it. More links are in the comments. It is FREE.
GREEN ENERGY IS COSTLY AND WASTEFUL
THE FIRST DAY IN OFFICE JOE BIDEN SHUT DOWN THE OIL AND COAL PRODUCTION IN THE USA. THOUSANDS WERE THROWN OUT OF WORK, WHICH RIPPLED DOWN TO $7.00 GAS, AND HIGHER FOOD COST. https://gailhonadle.substack.com/p/green-energy-is-costly-and-wasteful
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