Biden admin is preparing to target Americans' gas furnaces amid stove crackdown

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June 7, 2023 5:00am EDT
Biden admin is preparing to target Americans' gas furnaces amid stove crackdown
Between 40%-60% of the current residential furnaces on the market currently would be prohibited under the proposed regulation

By Thomas Catenacci | Fox News

The Biden administration is expected to soon finalize regulations restricting which home gas-powered furnaces consumers are able to purchase in the future.

According to experts, the regulations — proposed in June 2022 by the Department of Energy (DOE) — would restrict consumer choice, drive prices higher and likely have a low impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The agency could finalize the rules targeting residential gas furnaces, which more than 50% of American households rely on for space heating, at any point over the upcoming weeks.

"This is a classic example of one size not fitting all," Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Every home is different, every homeowner is different and people are best off having a wide range of choices. They can work with their contractor to make the best decision for their home and their circumstances."

"The efficiency standard would effectively outlaw non-condensing furnaces and condensing alternatives would be the only ones available," Lieberman said. "Those are more efficient, but they cost more. And installation costs could be a big problem for some houses that are not compatible with condensing furnaces."

Under the proposed regulations, DOE would require furnaces to achieve an annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) of 95% by 2029, meaning manufacturers would only be allowed to sell furnaces that convert at least 95% of fuel into heat within six years. The current market standard AFUE for a residential furnace is 80%.

Because of the stringent AFUE requirements, the regulations would largely take non-condensing gas furnaces — which are generally less efficient, but cheaper — off the market. But consumers who replace their non-condensing furnace with a condensing furnace after the rule is implemented face hefty installation costs.

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[Kamaji]

F-king eco-fascists.

[DefiantMassRINO]

When will they come for my home heating oil furnace?

I guess trees gotta die so I can burn wood to stay warm in Winter.

As the Canadian wildfires demonstrate, wood is a clean burning renewable source of energy ... as long as you are upwind.

[Fishrrman]

There seems to be sufficient support even by dem-coms in Congress to over-rule these regs. In fact, the numbers are high enough to suggest that even ol' joe might be persuaded to sign it into law.

So why why WHY are there [so-called] "conservative" Republicans who are blocking it?

Whose interests do they serve?

If this is what we can expect from "conservative" Republicans, then WHO NEEDS THEM?
Give me a populist any day.

[christian]

Anything Joe Biden does has to be better than anything Trump did or what any Republican does.

Democrats did it?  Blame Republicans yo fools!  Never get smarter, stay the course!

[ScottinVA]

Whenever the idiot in the White House pushes for something like this, look at who benefits... in the end, China is always the beneficiary.