Water Heaters Use Lots of Energy. The D.O.E. Wants to Change That. The Biden administration is tightening efficiency rules for water heaters, stoves and other appliances

www.nytimes.com Water Heaters Use Lots of Energy. The D.O.E. Wants to Change That.

The Biden administration is tightening efficiency rules for water heaters, stoves and other appliances, and conservative politicians are dialing up their criticisms.

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Water Heaters Use Lots of Energy. The D.O.E. Wants to Change That. The Biden administration is tightening efficiency rules for water heaters, stoves and other appliances

www.nytimes.com /2024/04/30/climate/appliance-efficiency-rules-dishwasher-stove-water-heater.html

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Oh boy, here we go, Gas stove 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Per the article:
  There is no gas stove ban. Rather, the D.O.E.’s final energy-efficiency guidelines for gas stoves amounted to a slight tightening of older standards, and about 97 percent of models on the market already meet those standards.
  
  Yea but your facts and logic won't stop the right wingers from screeching about it like Biden is deploying a secret stove police force that will break into your home and steal your stove
  
  I expect a lot of "experts" playing the "ackshually electric appliances powered by coal are worse than gas" card, ignoring the continually declining rate of coal power production globally, but especially in the US.
- The ironic part is that, according to the article, 97% of gas stoves on the market already meet the updated requirements.
  
  The further irony is that most of the red states where people make a big deal over this shit overwhelmingly run electric. Running fossil gas infrastructure was something that largely was only done in the rich and progressive places, originally. Even in those red states a lot of the places that have gas are a little urban areas that lean comparably or entirely blue.
  Republicans care deeply about their right to keep their gas stoves irrespective of the fact that they didn't have them in the first place.
  The main force fueling all this handkerchief wringing is obviously just lobbyists for the gas industry though. I'm sure that goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyway.

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