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Title: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: TVDOC on September 18, 2010, 02:32:39 PM

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/75469

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Friday, September 17, 2010
By Penny Starr

Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy has a “mandate” to issue regulations to determine what household appliances are available to Americans in the future.


Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the recently reestablished Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), Zoi pointed to four tactics the Obama administration intended use to advance the “deployment of clean energy.” The first three were government subsidies for private-sector green energy projects, special tax incentives for green energy projects and low-interest government-backed loans for green energy projects.

“The fourth one, which the secretary and I love,” said Zoi, “is where we have a mandate. Where we can actually just issue regulations and do market transformation.”

Zoi was referring to authority the department has under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. That law gives the DOE the power to set efficiency standards for energy-consuming products.

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Sound familiar?     "Stroke of the pen.....Law of the Land......." (attributed to a member of the Clinton administration)

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Title: Re: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: thundley4 on September 18, 2010, 06:31:39 PM

Wasn't California doing something that would affect the energy ratings of TVs, which would effectively limit their size?


The government already does the same thing with CAFE standards for cars.

Title: Re: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: true_blood on September 18, 2010, 08:21:24 PM

WOW!!! Is this still America? :mental:
When do we start calling dumbo, dictator?? :bird: :censored:

Title: Re: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: cavegal on September 18, 2010, 08:31:12 PM

 :banghead: :censored: :censored: :censored: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird: I just hate this bunch...  :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird:

Title: Re: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: Pat on September 21, 2010, 07:18:04 AM

(http://www.therightperspective.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cass_sunstein.gif)

nudge.....

Title: Re: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: true_blood on September 21, 2010, 07:30:10 PM

You said it Pat. One dangerous man, right there.
Cass Sunstein  :bird: :censored:

Title: Re: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: thundley4 on September 21, 2010, 07:48:50 PM

Quote from: true_blood on September 21, 2010, 07:30:10 PM

You said it Pat. One dangerous man, right there.
Cass Sunstein  :bird: :censored:

Glenn Beck constantly calls him the most dangerous man in America, and I believe him.

Title: Re: Energy Dept. Claims "Mandate" to Force Transformation of Appliances
Post by: true_blood on September 21, 2010, 07:51:14 PM

I do too! But, then again, almost all the people in dumbo's cabinet are dangerous to our freedoms and world.