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Posted on 07/19/2023 9:30:46 AM PDT by 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.
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Just like guns ... come and get them
I live in Hurricane Country. Lots of people use these generators down here in FL after a storm, when the power could be out for weeks.
What I propose to happen to these regulators would likely get me banned from FR, so I simply won’t say it.
And thus, punishing the rest of us in the process who know damned well to operate them outdoors.
And, of course, that’s just a cover story. The regulators are actually worried about Globull Warming or Climate Change (TM) or whatever. Stupid people.
You will endure the scheduled power outages and enjoy them.
Air Conditioning led to the full time Congress in the first place....
While you’re correct, unfortunately it appears only on paper. They have given themselves such authority, which they also don’t have the right to do...but they are. Also known as lawless...but that is where we are.
“Rule is to make it safe for the idiots that run them inside their attached garages or even their houses“
No it’s not. They are using government regs to shove the green new deal through one misery inflicting cut at a time.
woo-hoo!
I put in a whole house generator, making my gas generator obsolete but grandfathered in.
waiting for the right time to hold the auction! (s/off)
Stock up - https://www.amazon.com/stores/ChampionPowerEquipment/page/4902C0FF-8A83-4970-8284-A925777C6DB2/
Yes, we do.
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