Published: June 28, 2009
Letter to the Editor
Why Energy Efficiency Regulation is Bad for Consumers
Comment About Earth Day Network Applauds House Passage of Climate Bill
Susan Bass says "It will actually save consumers hundreds of billions of dollars in energy costs."
It keeps being trotted out how energy efficiency is "so good for consumers".
Yes, ban consumers from buying what they want and applaud the savings!
(Little savings in banning impopular products, and inefficient products need to be popular or noone would buy them, classic example Edison's light bulb, bought 19 times out of 20 in the USA and therefore a banning priority with a big section 211 all to its own in the Waxman-Markey Bill!).
The fact is that efficiency regulation on a product sacrifices performance, construction, appearance and price features, and does not necessarily give the savings suggested anyway.
See http://ceolas.net/#cc2x onwards regarding the effect efficiency regulations have on buildings, lightbulbs, cars, dishwashers and other products.
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