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US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Re: US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Post by kyrra »

The title of the submission is nowhere in line with what the linked page even talks about. Flagging for out right lying.

Titled when I wrote this comment is: "US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards"

All the press release mentions is that they are not moving forward on new standards that Biden was pushing for while he was in office. Existing energy efficiency standards for appliances are still in effect.

From the link: "will postpone the implementation of seven of the Biden-Harris administration’s restrictive mandates on home appliances.'

Re: US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Post by Mistletoe »

These press releases chill me to the bone with how 1984 speak they are. I’ve never seen whole agencies just completely gutted and replaced with nonsense like this before. The executive branch of the government was never meant to have this much power. We didn’t fight a war against a king so that we could just devolve to that again.

Re: US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Post by insane_dreamer »

kyrra wrote: post #3

The title of the submission is nowhere in line with what the linked page even talks about. Flagging for out right lying. Titled when I wrote this comment is: "US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards" All the press release mentions is that they are not moving forward on new standards that Biden was pushing for while he was in office. Existing energy efficiency standards for appliances are still in e…

The title is in fact correct. They are ending the appliance efficiency standards recently set.

It doesn't say they're ending "all" standards, which is what you're implying.

So you can drop the "flagging for lying".

Re: US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Post by scrose »

kyrra wrote: post #3

The title of the submission is nowhere in line with what the linked page even talks about. Flagging for out right lying. Titled when I wrote this comment is: "US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards" All the press release mentions is that they are not moving forward on new standards that Biden was pushing for while he was in office. Existing energy efficiency standards for appliances are still in e…

> The title of the submission is nowhere in line with what the linked page even talks about. Flagging for our right lying. All the press release mentions is that they are not moving forward on new standards that Biden was pushing for while he was in office. Existing energy efficiency standards for appliances are still in effect.

This is a very odd take. The title is based on the only part of the article that isn't PR fluff and describes what was done:

> Today’s actions postpone the efficiency standards for the following home appliance rules:

    Central Air Conditioners
    Clothes Washers and Dryers
    General Service Lamps
    Walk-In Coolers and Freezers
    Gas Instantaneous Water Heaters
    Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
    Air Compressors

Re: US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Post by Dylan16807 »

Mistletoe wrote: post #4

These press releases chill me to the bone with how 1984 speak they are. I’ve never seen whole agencies just completely gutted and replaced with nonsense like this before. The executive branch of the government was never meant to have this much power. We didn’t fight a war against a king so that we could just devolve to that again.

How so?

There's a tradeoff here between price and quality, and the different political parties have different preferences for what should be allowed.

Obviously they're going to talk about the benefits and not the downsides of a particular choice, but that hardly strikes me as 1984.

Re: US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Post by insane_dreamer »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #2

So this is what it's like to go backward instead of forward. China cannot believe its good fortune.

To the down-voters: sorry if you don't like it; doesn't make it less true.

You can be sure China is strategizing on how to fill the leadership vacuum the US is leaving in its wake -- this just being one of many.

Re: US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards

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Post by SoftTalker »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #6
kyrra wrote: post #3

The title of the submission is nowhere in line with what the linked page even talks about. Flagging for out right lying. Titled when I wrote this comment is: "US Energy Department ending appliance efficiency standards" All the press release mentions is that they are not moving forward on new standards that Biden was pushing for while he was in office. Existing energy efficiency standards for appliances are still in e…

The title is in fact correct. They are ending the appliance efficiency standards recently set. It doesn't say they're ending "all" standards, which is what you're implying. So you can drop the "flagging for lying".

The title was editorialized. That's grounds for flagging.
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