Led by President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced the Department of Energy will postpone the implementation of seven of the Biden-Harris administration’s restrictive mandates on home appliances.
I’ve never understood this. If your appliances use less energy, you save money on energy. How is that ever a bad thing? Who wants something that costs more to operate (other than those ‘rolling coal’ idiots)?
It just might make you GAY! If not that, it might make you woman-ish. Or it might shrink your penis and/or balls!
At the very worst, OTHER people might think you have a tiny, tiny penis if you are seen caring the least fucking bit about the environment! Obviously, well hung manly macho men all burn the very most fossil fuel possible at all times, in every activity they do.
What happens if women do these kinds of activities? Well, don’t ask, because it doesn’t have to make any sense…it’s kind of the same kind of thinking surrounding eating lots of animal carcasses…
Life would be a lot easier if I was just gay. What kind of stove do I need to get for that? I’m in as long as it doesn’t also have to be fabulous or something
Devil’s advocate, because I do believe we should keep energy star, the high efficiency stuff is often less effective at it’s job. Sure, a water heater is a water heater. But low end and mid range HE dishwashers and clothes washers are less effective. Low flow toilets have more problems.
Energy star is absolutely worth it all told, but there is bad with the good.
Also, there’s no reason some of the the stuff should cost that much more. In a dishwasher, it’s putting in smaller pumps and a turbidity sensor.
I think it’s good to have some 3rd party organization, as in besides the manufacturer and consumer, imposing some restrictions that weed out companies that cut too many corners on engineering a product or are just low skilled at engineering things.
Like cars for example. The average mpg of cars has pretty much doubled in the last 15 or 20 years, which is insane for such a mature industry. They were forced to adapt and get creative by lawmakers making emissions requirements more strict. It shows that automakers could have been doing more in decades past.
It would be nice if the government wasn’t actually trying to squash efficiency. A third party could totally take it over and consumers that care would definitely purchase based on their badging.
Who wants something that costs more to operate (other than those ‘rolling coal’ idiots)?
The people charging you to operate the thing, of course.
Right wingers use populist rhetoric (and tons of scapegoating) to get people to vote for their own destruction. They keep us all fighting each other so we don’t notice the only minority ruining our country is them.
For heat pump HVAC systems, the only way to make them efficient enough to meet the requirements that were coming into effect up to now was to make them physically larger. My utility room has zero space left that could fit a larger unit. My current one isn’t looking so hot and is nearly 20 years old. I wasn’t sure what I was going to be able to do when it was going to need replaced. The standard exceeded affordable capabilities of technology.
As to washing machines. They use less water, but they also take longer and kinda suck, now.
For heat pump HVAC systems, the only way to make them efficient enough to meet the requirements that were coming into effect up to now was to make them physically larger. My utility room has zero space left that could fit a larger unit.
Huh? The part that does the actual heat pumping (and cooling when AC is on) is outside. Why would the size of your utility room matter?
The condenser/evaporator, the blower fan, and the air filter is all inside. Larger fan=more efficient. Bigger filter=more efficient. Larger surface area on the condensor= more efficient.
The pump is a tiny and inconsequential size. A Larger evaporator coil outside helps with efficiency, but it does nothing for the blower motor, airflow restrictions, and the condenser coil the air has to pass through that’s all inside the utility room.
Some of the new designs are just bad at what they’re supposed to do. I replaced a 25 year old dishwasher recently and the new one I bought is terrible at actually washing dishes. I’d gladly pay a few dollars more in energy/water to not have to hand scrub all my bowls.
Step 4. Acknowledge that lower speed jets from smaller motors and less ability to heat water up within the dishwasher actually do a worse job at washing dishes.
Not rocket science to figure out that hot water hitting dirty dishes with more force will clean them better.
if I remember correctly the #1 most important tip he wanted you leave with was to run the hot water before starting the cycle so the prewash uses hot water. But, it sounds like your dishwasher is just crap.
To expand on this for clarity, there are lots of cases where the person selecting and paying for the appliance isn’t the person paying the eventual utility bills.
Landlords, builders like DH Horton, property flippers, etc.
The trap is that often times when there is a performance difference, a change in behavior can accommodate fairly reasonably.
For example, a hybrid hot water heater in its most efficient mode will (sometimes) recover heat slower than a pure electric or gas heater. That generally only matters for showers, so a shorter shower can overcome the slower recovery.
If up front costs were the same everyone would choose the energy efficient appliance. However, usually the energy efficient appliance costs more up front. Many people don’t think in terms of long term costs, only short term monthly payments. I wish it weren’t that way but it really is.
My point is that appliances without the rating don’t appear to exist (in my part of the US) anymore. I’m sure they will test the waters and see if ending the program hurts their sales at all… As someone who remembers when that program started becoming popular, I do think that people would take it into account. They used to at least, before it became the norm (which is why it became the norm, by the way, before the government started to care.
I’ve never understood this. If your appliances use less energy, you save money on energy. How is that ever a bad thing? Who wants something that costs more to operate (other than those ‘rolling coal’ idiots)?
It just might make you GAY! If not that, it might make you woman-ish. Or it might shrink your penis and/or balls!
At the very worst, OTHER people might think you have a tiny, tiny penis if you are seen caring the least fucking bit about the environment! Obviously, well hung manly macho men all burn the very most fossil fuel possible at all times, in every activity they do.
What happens if women do these kinds of activities? Well, don’t ask, because it doesn’t have to make any sense…it’s kind of the same kind of thinking surrounding eating lots of animal carcasses…
Life would be a lot easier if I was just gay. What kind of stove do I need to get for that? I’m in as long as it doesn’t also have to be fabulous or something
Because they don’t function as well.
Most people just look at purchase price.
Devil’s advocate, because I do believe we should keep energy star, the high efficiency stuff is often less effective at it’s job. Sure, a water heater is a water heater. But low end and mid range HE dishwashers and clothes washers are less effective. Low flow toilets have more problems.
Energy star is absolutely worth it all told, but there is bad with the good.
Also, there’s no reason some of the the stuff should cost that much more. In a dishwasher, it’s putting in smaller pumps and a turbidity sensor.
It’s because corporations, seeking profit, will find the absolute cheapest way to get the star.
Then consumers, seeking savings, buy the absolute cheapest option that has the level of superfluous features they can find.
You end up with refrigerators that can tweet, but the compressor grenades itself 2 week out of the 1 year warranty.
I think it’s good to have some 3rd party organization, as in besides the manufacturer and consumer, imposing some restrictions that weed out companies that cut too many corners on engineering a product or are just low skilled at engineering things.
Like cars for example. The average mpg of cars has pretty much doubled in the last 15 or 20 years, which is insane for such a mature industry. They were forced to adapt and get creative by lawmakers making emissions requirements more strict. It shows that automakers could have been doing more in decades past.
It would be nice if the government wasn’t actually trying to squash efficiency. A third party could totally take it over and consumers that care would definitely purchase based on their badging.
The people charging you to operate the thing, of course.
Right wingers use populist rhetoric (and tons of scapegoating) to get people to vote for their own destruction. They keep us all fighting each other so we don’t notice the only minority ruining our country is them.
For heat pump HVAC systems, the only way to make them efficient enough to meet the requirements that were coming into effect up to now was to make them physically larger. My utility room has zero space left that could fit a larger unit. My current one isn’t looking so hot and is nearly 20 years old. I wasn’t sure what I was going to be able to do when it was going to need replaced. The standard exceeded affordable capabilities of technology.
As to washing machines. They use less water, but they also take longer and kinda suck, now.
Huh? The part that does the actual heat pumping (and cooling when AC is on) is outside. Why would the size of your utility room matter?
The condenser/evaporator, the blower fan, and the air filter is all inside. Larger fan=more efficient. Bigger filter=more efficient. Larger surface area on the condensor= more efficient.
The pump is a tiny and inconsequential size. A Larger evaporator coil outside helps with efficiency, but it does nothing for the blower motor, airflow restrictions, and the condenser coil the air has to pass through that’s all inside the utility room.
Some of the new designs are just bad at what they’re supposed to do. I replaced a 25 year old dishwasher recently and the new one I bought is terrible at actually washing dishes. I’d gladly pay a few dollars more in energy/water to not have to hand scrub all my bowls.
Someone needs to watch technology connections.
If you’re talking about the episode about prewash and detergent amounts, I’ve already seen it and it’s not helping.
Run the tap water to get to hot water. Clean the filter.
Step 4. Acknowledge that lower speed jets from smaller motors and less ability to heat water up within the dishwasher actually do a worse job at washing dishes.
Not rocket science to figure out that hot water hitting dirty dishes with more force will clean them better.
if I remember correctly the #1 most important tip he wanted you leave with was to run the hot water before starting the cycle so the prewash uses hot water. But, it sounds like your dishwasher is just crap.
Very short term thinking:
Saving money is hypothetical and future
Meanwhile you’re instantly effected by
All this political catastrophe is feeding immediate visceral emotions at the cost of the future
Because poor people don’t really get to choose their appliances. Meanwhile the fossil fuel industry and landlords laugh all the way to the bank.
Landlords don’t care about energy use. Wtf u smoking
Exactly, that’s the point.
They’ll save 50 cents to buy the least efficient stove even if it means you breath in 10x more carbon monoxide.
To expand on this for clarity, there are lots of cases where the person selecting and paying for the appliance isn’t the person paying the eventual utility bills.
Landlords, builders like DH Horton, property flippers, etc.
That’s so messed up in this context
The perception among idiots is that there’s a trade-off with performance
Sometimes there is usually there isn’t.
The trap is that often times when there is a performance difference, a change in behavior can accommodate fairly reasonably.
For example, a hybrid hot water heater in its most efficient mode will (sometimes) recover heat slower than a pure electric or gas heater. That generally only matters for showers, so a shorter shower can overcome the slower recovery.
Your washing machine doesn’t have a V8?
Soyboi
My washing machine is powered by endangered Snow Leopards forced to turn a large wheel.
Pfah, weak. A coal powered turbine delivers superior performance, and coal is cheaper than snow leopard food.
Yes, but I’m generating way more cruelty units than you
Bah, my washing machine runs on disabled veterans walking in a giant hamster wheel
Because, from conservative perspective, anything that incorrectly influences a corporation to do something is seen as a bad thing.
These “energy savings” cost corporations gazillions of dollars that they could use for
stock buybacks and dividendsfostering innovation.If up front costs were the same everyone would choose the energy efficient appliance. However, usually the energy efficient appliance costs more up front. Many people don’t think in terms of long term costs, only short term monthly payments. I wish it weren’t that way but it really is.
Maybe 25 years ago… But walk into a Best Buy and see if you can find a full sized kitchen appliance that doesn’t have an “Energy Star” logo.
Maybe it’s just the state I live in…?
I was thinking more of permanent home appliances like a furnace, water heater, etc.
Just because those are there (I assumed it was a legal requirement), doesn’t mean most people actually factor in the difference.
My point is that appliances without the rating don’t appear to exist (in my part of the US) anymore. I’m sure they will test the waters and see if ending the program hurts their sales at all… As someone who remembers when that program started becoming popular, I do think that people would take it into account. They used to at least, before it became the norm (which is why it became the norm, by the way, before the government started to care.