{"id":256831,"date":"2023-05-10T22:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256831"},"modified":"2023-05-10T22:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:07:21","slug":"right-washington-times-epas-appliance-regulations-considerably-lower-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256831","title":{"rendered":"Right, Washington Times, EPA\u2019s Appliance Regulations Considerably \u2018Lower Performance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From\u00a0ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By H. Sterling Burnett<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Editor\u2019s Note: The Washington Times published a story detailing the \u201cavalanche of energy rules,\u201d pushed by the Biden administration \u201cto turn entirety of homes green.\u201d As the story explains manufacturers warn the rules will reduce the performance of these appliances, leaving clothes and dishes dirtier, for example. The <\/em>Washington Times analysis of the impact of the rules is accurate. Consumer choice and features will be sharply curtailed, for minimal, if any, cost savings. <\/em>Climate Realism excerpts the story below.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per the Washington Times<\/em> story, \u201cBiden seeks to turn entirety of homes green; manufacturers of appliances warn of lower performance<\/a>:\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not just your gas stove that the Biden administration is seeking to regulate in the name of combating climate change \u2014 it\u2019s coming for your entire home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden\u2019s green energy goals have resulted in an array of new efficiency rules for a slew of household appliances, including microwaves and toothbrush chargers. The effort is forcing manufacturers to produce more costly products that they say reverse innovation by decades and potentially eliminate thousands of U.S. jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Washington Times<\/em> notes, the Biden administration\u2019s new regulations will require manufacturers to fundamentally redesign the appliances covered by the rules, and any cost savings will be minimal. The Washington Times<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combined,<\/em> the plethora of rules would save the average family $100 annually by lowering energy bills. (emphasis mine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry leaders say the rules come with steep upfront costs for consumers and negatively impact performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than innovating features sought by consumers, the ramped-up regulations for appliances are forcing manufacturers to go backward, said Jill Notini, a spokeswoman for the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are literally going to have to redesign products that will look closer to the 1950s than they do to 2020,\u201d Ms. Notini said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One industry executive described the cascade of regulations as \u201can avalanche\u201d and \u201cunprecedented\u201d in stringency and scope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy savings for individual consumers would be small. The new washing machine rules would save less than $8 annually [while removing 98 percent of existing top loading machines from the market], and the clothes dryer efficiency standards would save $36 per year, according to the Energy Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To understand the full breadth and scope of the Biden administration\u2019s regulatory restrictions on appliances, and how they will affect average people\u2019s lives, one should read the full story linked above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linnea Lueken and myself previously discussed the regulatory onslaught restricting peoples\u2019 choices of\u00a0furnaces<\/a>,\u00a0air conditioners, stoves<\/a>,\u00a0lightbulbs<\/a>,\u00a0refrigerators, clothes washers<\/a>, and\u00a0gasoline and diesel-powered<\/a>\u00a0cars, in the Red State article, \u201cIs the Biden Administration Celebrating Earth Day or Lenin\u2019s Birthday With Its Regulatory Onslaught<\/a>?\u201d The pace, scope, and stringency of the Biden administration\u2019s energy and water efficiency rules are as unprecedented as they are unhelpful, vis a vis, cleaning up the air and water or fighting climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>H. Sterling Burnett<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., is the Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy and the managing editor of Environment & Climate News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to directing The Heartland Institute’s Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy, Burett puts Environment & Climate News together, is the editor of Heartland’s Climate Change Weekly email, and the host of the Environment & Climate News Podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Washington Times\u00a0published a story detailing the \u201cavalanche of energy rules,\u201d pushed by the Biden administration \u201cto turn entirety of homes green.\u201d As the story explains manufacturers warn the rules will reduce the performance of these appliances, leaving clothes and dishes dirtier, for example. 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