Posted on 12/31/2023 6:07:17 AM PST by MtnClimber
New York City's effort in the 1990s to regulate toilets and shower heads to cut down water usage ignited consumer outrage, even inspiring a 1996 Seinfeld television episode in which the character Kramer was so fed up with his apartment's low-flow shower head that he purchased a high-flow head on the black market.
Three decades later, the Biden administration is leaving few appliances in the home untouched in its quest to regulate the amount of water and energy Americans use for their household chores.
The list of impacted appliances includes gas stoves, dishwashers, air conditioners, refrigerators, light bulbs, washing machines, microwaves, and furnaces, just to name a few. And the push back is growing, raising concerns that consumers will lose choices and pay more for future appliances, especially seniors on fixed incomes and low-income families.
"It started with gas stoves, and now it's virtually everything about our house. And that wakes up a lot of people," said Tim Stewart, the president of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association. He is planning to ride wave of discontent to launch a "Hands off my Home" grassroots effort next year to fight the energy-efficiency crackdown on appliances,
Here's a look at some of the targets of the Biden administration's regulatory offensive:
Shower heads
Shower head regulations of the 1990s became a federal issue. In May 2010, the Obama administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) issued rules that expanded the definition of what constitutes a shower head to include the entire plumbing systems. That meant it wasn’t just the shower head that was limited to 2.5 gallons per minute, it was the whole system.
In August 2020, the Trump administration’s DOE revised the definition again, and the Biden administration’s DOE in July 2021 reinstated the Obama-era definition.
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I am so ready for this old fool to take a permanent vacation.
Yup
what ticks me off the most is they do this without passing laws by those we elect!!!
just some random political appointee gets to change everything on a whim!
It will only stop when Leftists everywhere are Ceaușescued
I’m reminded of a report that illustrates the silliness of these restrictions.
In UK, the environmentalists limited toasters for time and heat claiming they saved a large amount of energy and cost for consumers. Problem was, the new toasters didn’t toast so consumers had to run the toaster multiple times to get the right toastiness.
Yes. For some loads, I add have to vinegar to the wash cycle, then add an extra rinse/spin cycle. Then I have to use a scented dryer sheet to the dryer. Ironically, this erases the water / energy / cost savings, as well adding extra time.
metmom wrote: “Water saver anything doesn’t save water when you have to flush twice or shower longer, or do more, smaller loads.”
The shower restricters came about to protect the poor. NYC was going to raise water rates to pay for upgraded water supply systems. That would would adversely affect the poor/minorities. Instead, the dems got the Feds to implement shower restricters.
The POTATUS is a stooge.
The cabal that installed him are the ones responsible for the premeditated murder of the American republic and its middle class.
And then the rates for water go up because people are conserving.
Marxist Democrats have always had a European fetish: make everything smaller and more expensive.
Out of control government is out of control.
All I can say is that I’m holding on to my old appliances for as long as I possibly can. Back in the day when they were purchased, they were considered energy efficient for the time. My fridge is from 1986, and my washer and dryer are from 2002. Joe Biden can take them from my cold dead hands. Those older appliances work far better than the new ones I have. Very few bells and whistles that aren’t there to break down anyway.
Yep, it’s a catch-22.
Correct. Or the operating budget for the water dept. becomes subsidized by shifting funds from some other department to make things balance. Municipal utility services are usually supported by Enterprise Funds, which means their main source of revenue is the fee they charge. This works with certain operations in which the revenue is at a fairly constant and predictable level. Alter demand, and it gets out of whack.
Biden’s motive is clear and simple the less gas and oil we can use the more he can sell to China.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Don’t get me wrong.
I’m all for not wasting water.
But screwing the middle class by making them pay for their consideration is a real two-fer fer Deep State.
ALL these rules are about forcing unneeded purchases to fill the pockets of selected contributors.
They can have my Miele 6-burner range top when they pry my cold dead fingers from the knobs. Come and take it.
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