Friday, April 9, 2010

Onerous New Department Of Energy Regulations Headed Our Way

The Department of Energy announced Thursday that it has finalized the new and higher energy efficiency standards for several classes of appliances which they decided upon last year. Those standards can be found here.

Warning! Keep your seat belts on, this is going to be a bumpy ride.

...the administration is planning to force us to register our homes, just like our cars, and get them inspected by an authorized agent of the DOE in order to get an "Inspection Label" for the home. So I suggest that you all read the Cap & Trade bill which was passed by the House last June, and which President Barack Obama is probably going to try to ram through the Senate shortly. That abomination of a bill requires us to bring our homes into compliance with each of the new standards for all regulated appliances, in order to legally sell them.

Read the rest from The American Thinker

Here is the link to the actual bill that was introduced to the Senate after being passed by the House.

The Nuts and Bolts of Cap & Trade From Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson

Just to make something clear, the poor will be exempt from these mandates by being subsidized for the costs of these regulations. More redistribution of wealth!

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