First, They Came for Your Gas Stove. Now They're Coming for Your Hot Water Heater.

PJ Media ^ | 07/23/2023 | Rick Moran

[E. Pluribus Unum]

At least they are not coming after my cold water heater. :^O

[kiryandil]

Next, they'll be coming for your electricity.

Be warned, and plan accordingly.

[kiryandil]

Careful!

If Jennifer "The Bimbo of Energy" Granholm hears about it - there'll be a new regulation next week.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Next, they’ll be coming for your electricity.

I’m curious as to how they plan to do that while simultaneously pushing for all cars to be All Electric by 2035.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And how is the electricity generated to power the electric water heater?

[immadashell]

… the new rule will save American consumers $198 billion in energy costs and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 501 million metric tons over 30 years…

We could save 501 million metric tons over 5 years by grounding Traitor John Kerry, Algore and Greta Thunberg while eliminating another half billion metric tons of hot air! Just dare me!

[adorno]

Take away the hot water heater...

and I’ll still have a hot water heater...

in the form of heating elements on stoves or stove tops.

Heck, I’d only heat my water when needed, and save money that way, since the hot water heater I have now is always running.

People can always go back to hearing water over wood logs, meaning that, there would be a lot of trees being cut down, which is the opposite of what the environmentalists had in mind.

[Cold Heart]

They are planning on outlawing gasoline generators as announced a couple days ago. California already such restrictions in place.

[Cold Heart]

Similar to selling us “smart pills”.

[Repeal The 17th]

Yeah, well, the trick will be figuring out
how to pipe it to your shower head...

[Myrddin]

I've already replaced my natural gas fired forced air furnace with a 95% efficient model. The water heater was replaced with a 40,000 BTU unit jetted for my 4600 ft elevation. I explored an electric tankless water heater, but my 200 AMP service is fully occupied. A tankless natural gas fired water heater has a burner with 128000 BTU. I don't have sufficient incoming air or exhaust capacity to permit that. Upgrading the exhaust from 40,000 BTU to 128,000 BTU would cost over $3,000 for the vents alone and active exhaust fans (electric powered) would be required. There is also a higher hazard of carbon monoxide and/or oxygen depletion with the flash heater, so it's not a consideration.

[Jyotishi]

“Next, they’ll be coming for your electricity.
Be warned, and plan accordingly.”

We’re trying motion-triggered, solar-powered lighting outside. So far so good.

[realcleanguy]

[scrabblehack]

I had one of those too. I had to turn on the cold water in the shower to get hot water and vice versa.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

“They” need to be removed from power.

[woofer2425]

Why would anyone want to heat water that was already hot. (Hot water Heater)
Perhaps a Cold Water Heater...or best...just a Water Heater.

[BobL]

“At least they are not coming after my cold water heater.”

Tell me about it. You can people who have never been the plumbing business as they call “water heaters” “hot water heaters”.

...which leads to the logical question: Why would anyone need to heat already-hot water?

Side Note: There actually are “Hot Water Heaters”, as they heat up water to a near-steam temperature and then circulate it through a house, to keep the house warm.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

It’s even worse than that. I remember reading about what was touted as the most sustainable village in the word, somewhere in South America. The article had a photo of a mud hut with a thatched roof and dirty-faced little boy dressed in rags.

[Secret Agent Man]

Also, no animals/no pets