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Posted on 07/23/2023 4:57:19 AM PDT by dennisw
The Biden administration has proposed tightening efficiency standards for new residential water heaters - a move it said would save consumers $11.4bn a year The DOE has already rolled out new efficiency standards for other appliances, such as gas stoves, clothes washers, refrigerators and air conditioners It marks the latest chapter in Biden's war on appliances that his administration claims will save Americans money
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.
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.
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Stupid-evil liberal women are in charge of the Biden’s regime’s jihad on large major household appliances.....
Never attribute to incompetence-stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice
Are there any lawyers on FR?
How do I, just an ordinary citizen, file a lawsuit against the US government, to try and fight this crap
I did a search............. and the results were not chronological. So I missed the prior posting of the same.
The first water heater I put in cost around seventy dollars. It was in a mobile home and they’re generally in a cubby made just for them. Recently I paid somewhere around $350 and it wouldn’t fit in the cubby despite being a smaller number of gallons. That’s because government efficiency rules meant it had to be amazingly insulated. I had to reengineer the cubby to be significantly larger at great expense and effort. What should have been a hundred-dollar, two-hour job, turned into several days and a few thousand dollars. All that to save a miniscule amount of energy*, because global warming or something, and have less hot water to boot. Everything the government does increase my cost and the cost of renting a house. And let’s not talk about air conditioning.
* Ny renters crank up the temperature in the theory they’ll at least have warm water when the last child hits the shower.
The way to go is on demand gas water heater. I’ve had a whole house model for almost 10 years and love it. I had a big enough gas tap in my utility room because we had supply for a both regular water heater and gas dryer.
An electric model equivalent needs 4 40A 240V circuits and has a max draw of 150 amps!
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