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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: OzmO on July 11, 2013, 02:31:21 PM
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Ceiling fans destroying the planet for my grandson
Shouldn't there be regulations on regulating?
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energyenvironment/310223-gop-lawmakers-decry-ceiling-fan-regulations (http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energyenvironment/310223-gop-lawmakers-decry-ceiling-fan-regulations)
Republican legislators in the House are hitting the Obama administration for regulations on ceiling fans.
Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) claim that potential new standards to conserve energy would drive up prices and hurt American consumers.
“First, they came for our healthcare, then they took away our light bulbs, and raided our nation’s most iconic guitar company -- now they are coming after our ceiling fans," said Blackburn in a statement, referring to regulations on light bulb efficiency and a 2011 Justice Department raid on Gibson Guitars to confiscate wood it claimed was illegally obtained.
"Nothing is safe from the Obama administration’s excessive regulatory tentacles," she added.
In response, two lawmakers have added a provision to an annual appropriations bill that would prevent the Energy Department from using money to implement or enforce draft standards for ceiling fans.
In March, the department began the process of issuing new rules for ceiling fans' energy efficiency by issuing a 101-page framework. The proposal would also set energy standards for ceiling fans when in off or standby modes.
Current standards for the fans have existed since 2005, but a new proposal from the department would likely involve more conservative standards and add additional rules for testing the fans.
Blackburn and Rokita say those measures would make the fans more expensive and limit the number of rooms where fans can be placed.
“The disregard the Obama Energy Department bureaucrats have for the practical implications of their red tape is outrageous," Rokita said in a statement.
"These counterproductive regulations will only drive up the prices of ceiling fans and encourage the use of less energy efficient cooling systems," he added. "This is yet another example of this administration double dipping in the pockets of Americans: using taxpayer dollars to raise prices on consumers.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energyenvironment/310223-gop-lawmakers-decry-ceiling-fan-regulations#ixzz2Ym6eANw9
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They are right - how about the govt but the fuck out and leave us alone for once?
they already fucked up toilets and light bulbs as it is