Anti Federalist
07-20-2015, 06:34 PM
I already have one of the government mandated "high efficiency" clothes dirtiers.
Clothes that retain spots and stains, oh, and are infused with random musty odors.
Never had a washer that had to be washed before.
Now I can look forward to groceries left on my dishes.
Progress!
Appliance industry warns federal dishwasher regs would lead to dirty dishes
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/20/federal-dishwasher-proposals-upset-appliance-industry-conservatives/?cmpid=edpick&google_editors_picks=true
The home appliance industry has a problem with the Obama administration's new dishwasher regulations: They're a wash, so to speak.
The recent proposal from the Department of Energy is meant to boost dishwasher efficiency by setting stricter limits on the amount of water each dishwasher can use, among other changes. Under the plan, washers could use only 3.1 gallons of water for a single load.
But an appliance industry group says the new measures would be counterproductive -- as they'd force users to run their dishwashers more, and hand-wash, just to get the same results, in turn using more water.
"[The regulations] would result in dishwasher performance that is unacceptable to consumers, essentially turning back the clock to the days of hand-washing dishes," the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) said in a statement.
Robert McArver, vice president of policy and government relations at AHAM, told The Hill that the government is trying to "squeeze blood from a stone that just doesn’t have any blood left."
The DOE passed similar regulations in 2012 that reduced usage from 6.5 gallons to 5 gallons. AHAM argues that bringing that cap even lower would result in perpetually messy dishes.
Some of the group's members even ran their own dishwasher tests under the new standards, and photographs of the results -- showing dishes with food bits on them -- reportedly were shown to DOE officials.
Clothes that retain spots and stains, oh, and are infused with random musty odors.
Never had a washer that had to be washed before.
Now I can look forward to groceries left on my dishes.
Progress!
Appliance industry warns federal dishwasher regs would lead to dirty dishes
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/20/federal-dishwasher-proposals-upset-appliance-industry-conservatives/?cmpid=edpick&google_editors_picks=true
The home appliance industry has a problem with the Obama administration's new dishwasher regulations: They're a wash, so to speak.
The recent proposal from the Department of Energy is meant to boost dishwasher efficiency by setting stricter limits on the amount of water each dishwasher can use, among other changes. Under the plan, washers could use only 3.1 gallons of water for a single load.
But an appliance industry group says the new measures would be counterproductive -- as they'd force users to run their dishwashers more, and hand-wash, just to get the same results, in turn using more water.
"[The regulations] would result in dishwasher performance that is unacceptable to consumers, essentially turning back the clock to the days of hand-washing dishes," the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) said in a statement.
Robert McArver, vice president of policy and government relations at AHAM, told The Hill that the government is trying to "squeeze blood from a stone that just doesn’t have any blood left."
The DOE passed similar regulations in 2012 that reduced usage from 6.5 gallons to 5 gallons. AHAM argues that bringing that cap even lower would result in perpetually messy dishes.
Some of the group's members even ran their own dishwasher tests under the new standards, and photographs of the results -- showing dishes with food bits on them -- reportedly were shown to DOE officials.