Posted on 04/25/2024 9:17:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Biden administration finalized a rule Wednesday that bans the use of natural gas in new federal buildings.
The Department of Energy announced the final rule, which requires federal agencies to “phase out” and ultimately eliminate the on-site use of fossil fuels starting in 2030. New federal buildings constructed after 2030 will not be allowed to have the natural gas hookups required to power gas stoves and other appliances under the final rule.
“The Biden-Harris Administration is practicing what we preach,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said of her agency’s rule. “Just as we are helping households and businesses across the nation save money by saving energy, we are doing the same in our own federal buildings.”
Ahead of the 2030 mandate, the rule will require new buildings and those undergoing significant renovation between 2025 and 2029 to reduce fossil fuel use by 90%, according to the DOE.
The Biden DOE has regulated aggressively to push more energy-efficient appliances, which are often more expensive up front and powered by electricity rather than fossil fuels. The DOE and other agencies have pushed regulations targeting items like lightbulbs, portable generators, pool pump motors, water heaters, and furnaces under the watch of Granholm and President Joe Biden.
The agency also has billions of dollars to spend on consumer rebate programs for those who would like to replace their existing eligible appliances with the administration’s preferred energy-efficient alternatives, and it has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to work with state and municipal governments to craft building codes designed to decarbonize buildings.
Earlier in April, the DOE published a report detailing its long-term vision for sharply reducing the emissions of America’s entire building stock over the coming decades. Among other means, the report highlighted electric appliances, “smart control systems” that moderate energy demand, and advancement of the administration’s electric vehicle agenda as key tools to realize its goal of reducing building emissions by 75% by 2050 relative to 2005 levels to fight climate change.
Over the next three decades, the DOE projects that the rule announced Wednesday will reduce emissions by an amount comparable to what 310,000 homes generate in a year.
Neither the White House nor the DOE responded immediately to requests for comment.
At the rate this country is deteriorating and the national debt ballooning am not so sure there will be a nation in 2030.
Please don’t laugh or give them ideas....
Califorinia just enacted, or tried to- not sure they suceeded- some kind of ‘income based electric tax’ where people pay a rate according to their income-
lots of new electricity based taxes will be on the way too- and fines for not using electric things
Biden Bans ......
Biden Mandates.......
As far as I’m concerned F*CK YOU BIDEN, and Go To Hell.
Have a nice day Joey!!!
There were plenty of LNG and electric vehicles onboard NAS JAX when I retired in 2019.
“Ive never seen a gas appliance in a federal building, and I’ve worked in several”
Me either and that spanned 31 years in the DoD.
Every building in every facility I was ever at the order of the day was an electric refrigerator and microwave.....and that was about it.
Hmmm. I wonder which Democrat relative has the electric appliance contract.
“They have no idea of what they are doing.”
They know exactly what they are doing!
Subject to judicial review, to rule out President Biden's criminal intent.
“Califorinia just enacted, or tried to- not sure they suceeded- some kind of ‘income based electric tax’ where people pay a rate according to their income-”
They pay a fixed base rate on income. kW-hrs are extra.
Destroying America, one building at a time.
Does anyone know what kind of stoves they use in the White House? Have they transitions to all electric?
I’m guessing some cafeterias in federal buildings use gas.
Jenny Granholm, the Bimbo of Energy...
+1
5.56mm
That’s exactly what I thought. I guess they’ll have to sterilize their inoculation loops in an electric arc.
“The Bimbo of Energy”
“Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said of her agency’s rule. “Just as we are helping households and businesses across the nation save money by saving energy.” Jennifer, there isn’t a damn thing you and the Biden administration have done to save me any money. EVERYTHING costs me more!
2031 headline:
FEDERAL BUILDING BURNS TO THE GROUND.
3500 missing, presumed dead.
Source of fire MAY be the large BONFIRE used to heat the building
No problem-o, those burners burn bunsen. I've got an old tank of bunsen around here somewhere, gimme a minute....
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