Not Just Gas Stoves: Biden Admin Rule Would Outlaw Nearly All Portable Gas Generators

Washington Free Beacon ^ | July 19, 2023 | Charles Hilu

[packagingguy]

Just months after a Biden-appointed regulator teased a ban on gas stoves, the administration is working to enact a rule that would prohibit the manufacturing of nearly all portable gas generators on the U.S. market.

A proposed Consumer Product Safety Commission rule limits the amount of carbon monoxide a product can emit, with the commission admitting that 95 percent of portable gas generators on the market cannot comply with its new standard. As a result, industry leaders say, the rule will prompt widespread generator shortages, as manufacturers only have six months to design generators that meet the proposed regulation. That process normally takes years, Portable Generator Manufacturers' Association executive director Susan Orenga told the Washington Free Beacon.

The rule proposal comes just months after Biden-backed commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. teased a similar regulatory ban on gas stoves, which he called a "hidden hazard." It also comes as many Americans face an increased risk of power outages as the country increasingly relies on green energy to produce its electricity. A whopping two-thirds of North America faces an "elevated risk" of power blackouts this summer, a leading grid watchdog found in May, a vulnerability that stems from America's increase in green power generation and decrease in fossil fuel power plants. California, for example, saw power outages in the summer of 2022 as electricity demand surged.

Portable gas generators can help those who experience a power outage keep the lights on, and nearly five million households use them. Should the Biden administration finalize its rule, however, the generators could become difficult to obtain. The commission's rule prohibits manufacturers from stockpiling non-compliant generators prior to the rule's enactment.

[packagingguy]

Well here goes one more product to be swept away by Royal Proclamation.

Congress really needs to take action on these regulatory agencies that just monkey-hammer entire industries with a stroke of the pen.

They must take back their law-making powers.

[Yo-Yo]

Previously posted at https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4168969/posts

[packagingguy]

Thanks. Mods remove if you want.

[damper99]

Rule is to make it safe for the idiots that run them inside their attached garages or even their houses. A substantial number of people don’t use common sense with generators, grills, portable stoves, etc and use them inside their homes during power outages.

[TalBlack]

When a govt thinks it can just outlaw functional useful items on a whim then the people have no freedom at all. The American government has no such power.

[the OlLine Rebel]

“Gas” is not the same as “gasoline”.

Sorry, that just put me off a bit as a poor analogy.

But nothing surprises me from these fascist wannabe commies. They want us in the Stone Age. Like the Moslems they adore.

[lowbridge]

“The American government has no such power.”

Try telling that to the American government and the people tasked with the job of enforcing these rules.

[lowbridge]

[RoseofTexas]

So they want to kill us! I guess Kamala Harris misspoke was no slip of the tongue but the truth….THEIR INTENTIONS ARE TO KILL US OFF!!!! They, the DC elitist, globalist, communist Marxism POS swamp bastards have it all planned out. They want to kill you and your children! No room for conservatives or Christians only demonic evil baby killers transgender homosexual queers Marxist communist, which eventually they will cut each other’s throats! Truly, they wanna depopulate the population, but it’s going to start with Christians first and moved to conservatives then the elderly then the babies and all they’ll have left are demon possessed people!! And the sad thing about it is that the majority of the people would be ok with it! It worked splendidly in Germany where 6+million innocent people were slaughtered it can be doable here too. Hell 6 million to them is a spit in the bucket ….they wanna exterminate 3/4 of the American population. Don’t think for one minute this is an outrageous statement, but you and I know it’s the gospel truth!

[MMusson]

ICYMI - New Air Conditioner rulings will make a replacement unit 4 TIMES more expensive.

Air Conditioning has always been the End Game!@

[ByteMercenary]

“... the administration is working to enact a rule that would prohibit the manufacturing of nearly all portable gas generators on the U.S. market.”

Of course they are ... in a world where the FedGov decides who gets electricity and who doesn’t, they cannot allow any device that circumvents their power.

The ‘Green New Deal’ has nothing to do with saving the planet. It is the road to centralized control of our every movement. It is the demorat’s wet dream. That dream will not be overcome until there are massive consequences visited upon those who support the GND.

[butlerweave]

Don’t want people to use them to power the EVs the government will make them buy because the EV was made to sit idle ,LOL

[SecondAmendment]

> “The American government has no such power.”
Try telling that to the American government and the people tasked with the job of enforcing these rules.

And the only legal means we have to stop it are lawsuits, but they always get thrown out due to "lack of standing".

To paraphrase our Founders, the history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

[lgjhn23]

America needs to rid herself of the moronically evil woke arseholes.....

[Lockbox]

I believe that this covers gasoline power portable genators, not natural gas. Note that Techtronic Industries has it's Headquarters in Hong Kong, China.... so it's Chinese!

Does anyone know how to say "Thank Joe" in Chinese? Oh found it 谢乔

[redcatcherb412]

I have 2 oxygen concentrators at my home. My generator is used to keep family members alive in the case of one of our frequent and sometimes rural outages. Before old sparky bidet deems my generator and family members as not needed, he may as well declare himself not needed.

[bigbob]

This will go over well after the first hurricane

[CopperTop]

"..Rule is to make it safe for the idiots that run them inside their attached garages or even their houses. A substantial number of people don’t use common sense with generators, grills, portable stoves, etc and use them inside their homes during power outages.."

We used to call that practical Darwinism.

And which izzit this 5 minutes? Is .gov tryin to kill us or keep us alive?

Geezes..

[Starboard]

“Congress really needs to take action on these regulatory agencies that just monkey-hammer entire industries with a stroke of the pen.”

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Congress is mostly OK with the administrative state running (and ruining) things. In many cases, unelected bureaucrats supplant the functions of our elected representatives. But this frees up our representatives to spend more time fund arising, campaigning and enriching themselves so they are happy to let the agencies do what the legislators should be doing.

[Starboard]

“the history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations”

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Those is power want to stay in power, and they want more of it. The Founding Fathers tried to warn us but we wouldn’t listen.