Just when are people going to wake up to this insanity and utter madness?
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Ed Miliband, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero,
is implementing regulations to phase out the sale of traditional tumble
dryers (including vented and condenser models) to meet Net Zero
targets.
This policy, part of the proposed replacement of
‘Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household
Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2021’, bans new models with an Energy
Efficiency Index (“EEI”) above 85.
“The government will repeal
and replace the current ecodesign and energy labelling standards for
household tumble dryers in GB with new regulations that will bring in
requirements in line with the European Union (EU) Regulations,” the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s response to a consultation on raising standards for household tumble dryers said.
“The
policy does not prohibit owning or using existing tumble dryers, but
instead restricts the sale of new, less-efficient models in order to
achieve Net Zero targets,” Express reported.
Critics,
including Reform UK and the Conservative Party, have condemned the move
as ludicrous and a “mad” form of “Soviet control.”
Miliband’s
machines are more expensive, require longer drying times and heat pumps
are noisy; according to the Hearing Health Foundation, anything above
70dB is enough to damage hearing over time. Additionally, certain heat
pump models have technical faults that have caused the machines to burst
into flames. In December, the owners of 85,000 heat-pump tumble dryers
were warned about a fire risk with their machines....<<<Read More>>>....
