Remember the commercial in which mom washes the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, and the little girl asks, “So what does the dishwasher do?”
Now, I will admit it: we clean the dishes before they go in what we call the dishrinser, because I’ve installed a couple of dishwashers in my lifetime, and considering the dishwasher drain lines, and the fact that I would have to be the one to clean them or change them if they got clogged, that simply seems the best way to avoid disaster. And now Joe Biden wants to make things worse!
Now Biden is going after your DISHWASHERS: Appliances would have 27% less power and 34% less water in new White House crackdown to fight climate change
New rules will force dishwashers to meet harsh water and energy efficiency targets
It marks the latest chapter in Biden’s war on appliances that his administration claims will save Americans money
The DoE quietly slipped out the rule changes ahead of Cinco de Mayo festivities on Friday
by James Franey | Monday, May 8, 2023 | 1:10 PM EDT | Updated: 3:45 PM EDT
Joe Biden will face fresh accusations of meddling in the lives of American households after his administration announced a green crackdown on dishwashers.
His Department of Energy quietly released tighter rules for the home appliances on Friday afternoon as millions of people across the country prepared to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. . . . .
The rules, which form part of the administration’s climate change agenda, would slash water use by more than one-third and cut energy use limits by 27% for dishwashers in the U.S.
Any changes would only apply to new models on sale once the new rules have officially come into effect, expected to be 2027.
The new rules would force manufacturers to limit dishwashers to using 3.2 gallons of water per cycle, far below the current federal limit of 5 gallons.
There’s more at the original.
Now what would all of that do? If you have to cut the amount of water used, then you have to be using something else to clean the dishes, which has to mean better detergents and higher-pressure pumps. Reducing the amount of water used means less water in which to suspend solids cleaned from the dishes, which means an increase in clogged drain lines. This could be a bonanza for plumbers!
And if energy use limits are to be decreased by 27%, how are engineers going to get more pressure out of the pumps?
Of course, water isn’t actually saved by this, because water isn’t lost. Using more water simply means that more grey water goes into the sewer, to be cleaned at the water treatment plant, or into the septic tank, where it is filtered out through the drain field and returned to the soil. Some may evaporate into the atmosphere, where it is eventually returned to the ground as rain or snow.
This also means an increase in the price of new dishwashers, because all of the new engineering has to be paid for, but the activists have never cared about the costs to consumers.
Life is becoming all Bass Ackward now. Life from the 50’s to 1963 was the old way and better in many ways. To me the FALL of the USA started in Nov. 1963 with the Murder of JFK. You can take all the moon landings as entertainment, the 1960’s riots as what we see now, and the country is going like a train box car that was taken to the highest point of an uphill grade and let loose. RR Tracks slope at 1 1/2 inches per 100 feet. Don’t on that track at the bottom.
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Interestingly, my dishwasher is somewhere around 25 years old. The plastic over the buttons on the front has worn away and it’s got a few dents and dings, but it still works great (knock on wood).
We get the dishes dirty, we put them in the dishwasher with some cascade dry detergent, run the dishwasher, take the dishes out and put them away.
Sort of like how it’s supposed to work. If you have to wash them by hand before you put them in the dishwasher…um…save yourself $700 and put in an extra cabinet.
But I digress, my point is that my current dishwasher was made back before the government started trying so hard to make sure that our labor saving devices don’t actually save us any labor. I hope it lasts forever because if it dies, I’ll probably just take my own advice and replace it with more cabinet space. If I have to wash the dishes by hand anyway, it’s just a waste of space.
I’m going to get the real grime off of the dishes, but many can be put straight into the dishrinser, especially glasses, which have only had liquid in them, and silverware.
I will admit it: I hate doing the dishes, I despise doing the dishes, I abominate doing the dishes!