Just another initiative that will drastically increase the cost of dishwashers, which will hurt the working and middle classes
Biden Energy Department Starts Crackdown On Dishwashers
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced new efficiency regulations for dishwashers, beverage vending machines, and electric motors on Friday, the latest of several actions from the Biden administration to decrease power usage and combat climate change.
An announcement contended that the restrictions would decrease expenses for American consumers due to lowered energy consumption. Granholm said the administration is “using all of the tools at our disposal to save Americans money while promoting innovations that will reduce carbon pollution and combat the climate crisis.”
New dishwashers imported into the United States beginning in 2027 would have to consume 27% less power and use 34% less water, while more compact models would need to implement a 22% power reduction and an 11% water use reduction, according to an analysis of the proposal released by Bloomberg Law. Energy Department officials estimate that consumers would have to spend $15 more for a new dishwasher but would witness three times as much in energy savings over the appliance’s lifetime.
In other words, they’ll cost hundreds of dollars more and save a little bit over the lifetime of the machine, which will most likely last a whole lot less than current ones.
The new dishwasher standards would save households $168 million each year on utility bills, according to an estimate from the Energy Department. The regulations for electric motors, which convert electrical energy into mechanical energy in manufacturing and process equipment, will save businesses $464 million annually, while the vending machine rules will save $20 million annually.
Any time the government starts throwing out savings numbers, run fast, as this is the same government which spends $500 on a hammer, rather than getting one with a lifetime warranty from Home Depot. The same govt which spends your money on pigeon slots, fake farms, transgendered monkeys, and a parking garage for the NSA which doesn’t work. Seriously, this list could go on and on. How about the way that the government pays for cost overruns because of contractor mistakes? Government doesn’t really understand money, accept that they can take it from people.
The Energy Department also unveiled new efficiency standards for air conditioners and the first federal standards for portable air cleaners. Officials similarly introduced a final rule that requires single-section and multi-section mobile homes to meet new climate-dependent energy conservation measures, which are estimated to raise the cost of large mobile homes between $4,100 and $4,500, marking a significant increase from the $81,400 average costs for newly manufactured mobile homes, according to data from the Census Bureau.
Rich people like to raise the cost of living for poor and middle class folks.
Typical fear mongering by Teach who thinks that making the dishwashers more efficient will cause their prices to go up by 20%
Remember when he told us that green energy would cause the price to “skyrocket” ??? Yet over the last20 years the national average kWh has averaged only 2% increase each year
Now it is the price of dishwashers that will skyrocket
John,
What other items has the Fed made efficient?
Toilets? Takes two to three flushes to accomplish what one did int the past.
Dryers? Takes longer to dry the average item and often you must hang it to dry.
Washers? Must wash an item twice.
Air conditioner? Again more energy pull and the current Freon is worthless. And they got it wrong on Freon to begin with, it had zero influence on the upper atmosphere.
Fact is our government and its regulation suck.
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Duke energy is set to increase their residential electric price by a skyrocketing 17% in 2023 because of the Sun and wind disappeared
No just kidding the price increase is do to fossil fuel prices
I think Teach already knew it, but just wanted to blame dishwashers
German electricity prices have tripled since 2000. Germany loves “cheap, green energy”.
I’ll give you my Whirlpool when you pry it from my cold dead hands!!
I’ll give you my CO2 when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
While today’s dishrinsers use less than the 5 gallons allowed under regulations, they use more than the 3.2 gallons the new regulations specify. More, the requirement for a 27% cut in electricity consumed adds another problem. For dishwashers to do something really radical like get your dishes clean with reduced water will require two things: better dishwasher detergents, and greater pressure from the pumps. But how do you increase pump pressure while concomitantly lowering electricity consumption?
And why bother to reduce water consumption? It’s not like the water somehow vanishes! It is either discharged into the sewers, where it is cleaned at the sewage treatment plant, or into septic tanks, where it is filtered through the drain field, and returns to the earth. A small amount evaporates, but returns to the earth as rain or snow.
These regs are made up by agenda-driven people who don’t know what they’re doing!
America’s newspaper: “Footage found of gas stove participating in Jan. 6th riot!”