Posted on 03/01/2024 12:17:50 PM PST by Twotone
The Biden administration finalized regulations for residential clothes washers and dryers on Thursday.
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is locking in the “energy efficiency” regulations for residential clothes washers and dryers, marking the latest development in the Biden administration’s wide effort to shape markets to decidedly favor more energy efficient appliances in the coming years. The agency stated that the rules will reduce carbon dioxide emissions and save consumers money on their water and electricity bills over the course of many years.
“For decades, DOE’s appliance standards actions for clothes washers and dryers have provided loads of savings for American families while also decreasing harmful carbon emissions,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said of the finalized regulations. Her agency contends that the rules could save Americans as much as $39 billion on their energy and water bills, while also reducing about 71 million metric tons worth of carbon dioxide emissions over the next three decades. (RELATED: Biden Admin Rolls Out Slew Of Regs Targeting Americans’ Appliances On Last Friday Of The Year)
The regulations increase the minimum water and energy efficiency levels that washers and dryers must meet down the road in order to remain on shelves. In many cases, more energy efficient units do not work as effectively or quickly as older and less efficient models, O.H. Skinner, the executive director of the Alliance for Consumers, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Another day, another regulation from the Biden administration to remove products from the shelves and limit what people can buy in the name of their ideological goals. At this point, consumers have gotten the message: if it moves or has a motor and it is in your house, Biden would like it to cost more and probably be less effective,” Skinner told the DCNF. “Their primary rationale is that it will cost you less in the electricity bill, but don’t worry, in places like California, politicians are busy trying to drive up electricity bills, too.”
In a January opinion relating to a separate legal battle over DOE appliance energy efficiency rules for dishwashers and clothes washers, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals notably pointed out that some appliances favored by Biden administration policy “make Americans use more energy and more water for the simple reason that purportedly ‘energy efficient’ appliances do not work.”
Beyond clothes washers and dryers, the Biden DOE has also promulgated energy efficiency regulations for common household appliances like dishwashers, water heaters, furnaces and pool pump motors. The administration has also spent hundreds of millions of dollars on helping state and municipal governments pursue building codes that phase out natural gas infrastructure and favor electrification.
The DOE did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
It doesn’t save anything if you have to use the washer and dryer twice for one load to get the job done.
The TC5.
New Regs for washers and dryers.
Washer:
A washer may consist of one circular or oval shaped Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved tub holding not more than 15 gallons of water. Water may not be changed between loads.
No detergent may be used except for lye soap. Water may only be disposed of in EPA approved cisterns installed at the owner expense and which shall be drained every six months by EPA pump trucks in accordance with EPA regulations at a cost of $2.00 per gallon.
One washboard consisting of non-galvanized steel may be used for scrubbing clothes: However, banging clothes on EPA approved rocks may be used as an alternative.
Dryers:
Dryers may consist of two Stainless steel poles, having one cross bar each.
Poles may not be set higher than 8 feet from the top of the pole to the Ground level, with no more than a 15ft distance between them.
Cross bars may not be more than 6ft in length and have no more than six stainless steel hooks attached. Hooks may be welded to the crossbar.
Each hook may have one (1) cotton line no more than 1/2 inch thick attached. Totaling 6 lines. Lines may be drawn tight, and a lifting mechanism no more than 10 feet in length may be used to keep the clothes from touching the ground during the drying process. The lifting mechanism must be made from a durable, non-plastic material approved by the EPA.
Anyone caught in violation of these guidelines will be subject to immediate confiscation of all illegal items, as well as the property upon which they are found, $10,000.00 fine, and 10 years imprisonment. Said violators shall also be banned from owning property for a term of not less than 20, nor more than 40 years.
Thanks.
“DOE!” is and always has been Homer Simpson’s simple-minded expression .... Fits well, doesn’t it?!
This crap is really out of control.
It’s time to force FedGov back within the confines of the Constitution...past time, actually.
New Regs for washers and dryers.
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Don’t be giving them any ideas!
If the Marxist Dems get control of guns, washers and dryers regs will be the least of our worries.
When this current washer dies, we will definitely check out the SpeedQueens.
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You need to buy the Speed Queen machines that DO NOT have a board or a lid lock.old fashion knobs and buttons, analog controls.
So....who are the dictators ???
So....who are the dictators ???
Who voted for these bastards? No one. If not for government these little tyrants would be begging on street corners. They all need to be fired and thrown in the wilderness.
Our water bills are high, especially since we have to then filter it to make it drinkable, plus my speed queen washer only uses 11 gallons of water for a complete wash and dry cycle. $75+/month, including $5 for ambulance service and $15 for garbage pick up. For 2 people.
My control board on my speed queen went out after 6 years. Ordered one from Amazon for under $200 and replaced it myself. Snap out, snap in.
-PJ
We have a Speedqueen front loader washer. It does not rinse well. The clothes are just made wet then tumbled round and round thru dirty water then rinsed with not enough water.
SCOTUS Chevron decision ought to put paid to this crap.
Failing that... Shoot them.
I have two new Speed Queen W&D sitting up on a pallet rack in the barn to replace the other two someday. The ones in service now are nearly 25 years old. They have grease zerks on the bearings. That is how well they are built. Built to last and serve. We will both be dead before we need another W&D so P... on DOE and EPA.
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