On Friday, the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a slew of new energy efficiency standards for residential refrigerators and freezers and proposed standards for commercial fans and blowers.
The agency claimed that limiting these everyday appliances would
eliminate roughly 420 million metric tons of "dangerous carbon dioxide
emissions" over the next three decades, saving households and businesses
$5 billion a year on utility bills.
Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Fox News Digital that the new efficiency standards could harm product performance, saying that the new dishwasher have led to cycles taking as much as twice as long to finish.
He also criticized the Biden Administration for not allowing Americans to make these choices independently.
"Consumers are perfectly capable of making these decisions on their own, including consumers who want to buy extra efficient refrigerators or other models," he said...more+
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