Thanks to this type of thinking we have toilets that require multiple flushes per movement, dim lightbulbs full of mercury that require a hazmat team when one breaks, dishwashers and washing machines that don’t clean. Now we can have refrigerators and air conditioners that don’t cool.
I have to agree, in that my experience with high efficiency washing machines they don’t get the clothes clean. In my search for a previous style agitator washer, I learned that government had nothing better to do but to pass laws to control how much water your machine uses.
Electric water heaters over 50 gallons have already more than doubled in price due to the requirement that it must be equipped with a heat pump unit.
Complete waste.