As Kamala continues to pose in front of gas stoves that she and so many other crazy communists want to ban for us ‘peasants’, the Biden reign of terror and “green new deal kooks” are coming for your dish washers and air conditioners. You can because of Global Warming and stuff?
Dishwashers
Dishwashers may already be the most over-regulated appliance, having been subjected to four rounds of successively tighter limits on the amount of energy and water they can use. These DOE regulations are the reason dishwashers now take two hours or more to clean a load of dishes, up from about one hour for models predating the federal standards.Cleaning performance has also suffered. Many consumers report having to rinse their dishes by hand before or after running them in the dishwasher, which is not only an inconvenience but also undercuts the energy and water-saving rationale behind the rules. But having learned nothing, DOE now proposes to make the requirements more stringent, insisting that doing so will benefit consumers and help fight climate change.
Air Conditioners
Residential central air conditioners are being hit by regulations from both DOE and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the cumulative impact is large and still growing. A new DOE efficiency standard that took effect in 2023 is boosting the installed cost of a new unit by $1,000 or more. And climate change measures coming from EPA in 2024 will both raise the cost of refrigerants needed to repair existing systems while further increasing prices for new models.Adding insult to injury, the new climate-friendly air conditioners about to be introduced come with increased flammability risks.
Al Gore must be so proud.