I can see organized crime in these nanny states now dealing in bootleg dishwasher detergent, high flow toilets, incandescent light bulbs and cigarettes instead of illicit drugs.
....and foods fried in transfats
Sounds like a good business
I think you jest, but you’re not far off the mark. They did this on the east side of WA state quite a while back. It was also a “stealth” campaign...went in the grocery store one day and the shelves were cleared. They didn’t even have the crappy “legal” stuff to replace the good stuff because it was enacted so quickly. What? Did I wake up in Russia?
The second phase is what I tell my kids are the “unintended consequences”. We have hard water in this area, so the dishes come out cloudy and ... well.... gross. So, what do people do? Usually, one of three things: 1) Crank up the heat on their water heater to try to get the dishwasher to do a better job; 2) drive to a neighboring state to buy “real” dish detergent; 3) run the load twice.
So, have we made a net gain, environmentalists? I think not.