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 - eviltoast
  • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    6 months ago

    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.

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      6 months ago

      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

      • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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        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.