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| Biden invokes wartime powers to fund electric heaters as he cracks down on gas appliances |
| 2023-11-18 |
| [FoxNews] President Biden invoked a Cold War-era law in a surprising move Friday to pour taxpayer funds into domestic manufacturing of electric heat pumps, an alternative to gas-powered residential furnaces. In a joint announcement with the White House, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the federal government would award a "historic" $169 million for nine projects across 15 sites nationwide in an effort to accelerate electric heat pump manufacturing. The significant level of funding was made possible after Biden utilized the 1950 Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of green energy technologies. "Getting more American-made electric heat pumps on the market will help families and businesses save money with efficient heating and cooling technology," said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. "These investments will create thousands of high-quality, good-paying manufacturing jobs and strengthen America’s energy supply chain, while creating healthier indoor spaces through home-grown clean energy technologies." "Today’s Defense Production Act funds for heat pump manufacturing show that President Biden is treating climate change as the crisis it is," added John Podesta, the White House clean energy czar. "These awards will grow domestic manufacturing, create good-paying jobs, and boost American competitiveness in industries of the future." Under the actions announced Friday, the DOE will send millions of dollars to companies like Copeland, Honeywell International, Mitsubishi Electric and York International Corporation, all of which are billion-dollar multinational corporations. The projects will advance manufacturing of industrial, commercial and residential heat pump technology. The action Friday comes less than two months after the DOE issued new regulations targeting traditional home gas-powered furnaces as part of its climate agenda and broad effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions. DOE's finalized regulations, which are slated to go into effect in 2028, specifically require furnaces to achieve an annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) of 95%, 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. Biden previously invoked the DPA to accelerate domestic critical mineral production and to pause tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports, claiming that climate change is a national emergency. In addition to consumer furnaces, over the last several months, the DOE has unveiled new standards for a wide variety of other appliances including gas stoves, clothes washers, refrigerators and air conditioners. According to the DOE, its past and planned appliance regulations will save Americans $570 billion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2.4 billion metric tons over the next 30 years. Related: Department of Energy: 2023-09-13 Small modular nuclear reactor project in Virginia to enter new phase Department of Energy: 2023-08-13 NIH took royalties from Wuhan lab collaborator, alleged front for Russian bioweapons: records Department of Energy: 2023-08-12 Renowned climate scientist who once warned about global warming now says alarmists push crisis for 'fame and fortune' Related: Defense Production Act: 2022-06-04 Biden tucked $500million bid to build more electric vehicles into the Ukraine aid bill by giving more funds to look for critical battery minerals Defense Production Act: 2022-04-05 Biden pushes for US mines to ramp up production of EV battery components Defense Production Act: 2020-12-11 Melinda Gates Is Totally Butthurt That Americans Will Get the Vaccine First |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #20 demand people use clotheslines Dual purpose...They humidify the outside air and perform carbon scrubbing at the same time. There is a risk here of UV rendering some materials brittle. The clothes may also end up in Oklahoma. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-18 16:54 |
| #19 Electric heat pumps are as ineffective as Biden's penis. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2023-11-18 13:44 |
| #18 Link to how Heat Pumps work explained in much more detail. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-11-18 12:32 |
| #17 All I can say is, if you live in a climate like central Florida, if you can't put your clothes on a line as soon as they are out of the washing machine (rainy day) you are going to have mildewed clothing right quick. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-18 12:12 |
| #16 My mother refused to have a dryer. She could have, easily, but she liked hanging clothes on the line. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-11-18 12:09 |
| #15 /\ Won't happen. Rope clotheslines are a racist trigger. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-18 11:09 |
| #14 Next up: Biden DoE will ban dryers and demand people use clotheslines instead to 'save the planet'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-18 10:58 |
| #13 Let me guess: Uses 1500W electricity to provide 750W of heat. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-18 10:41 |
| #12 The Heat Pump can actually extract enough heat from cooler outside air to heat an area, until it gets below a certain temperature. Elves, magic and compressor pumps. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-11-18 10:09 |
| #11 At first I thought it was the Bee. So they already banned most refrigerants, so the next step will be to convert from gas then make the refrigerants illegal. nice pley commie Biden. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2023-11-18 09:59 |
| #10 ^^Mind you, I think gas heaters are dangerous. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 09:21 |
| #9 ^But isn't the whole idea is to make your house warmer than outdoors? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 09:17 |
| #8 ^^ Not until the source temperatures (Planck's principle called them 'heat reservoirs', if I remember correctly from a zillion years ago) equalize. They work pretty well up to that point. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-11-18 09:13 |
| #7 #3 Doesn't this contradicts the second law of thermodynamics? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 08:57 |
| #6 Finally! A solution to the Nation-Wide Heat Pump Shortage!!! I have spent countless nights tossing and turning trying to find one and the solution was simple, just tell Stumblin’ Joe to invoke the DPA to solve the crisis that isn’t. What a frickin’ train wreck. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2023-11-18 08:54 |
| #5 It seems like this should be challenged. He can cite Valley Forge and Chosin Reservoir but he better be prepared to airdrop us Tootsie Rolls. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-11-18 08:46 |
| #4 Like their EV plans, the end product uses the power that they are failing to build plants for. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-18 08:29 |
| #3 I did too at first, Grom. There are two types of Heat Pumps, 'Air-to-air' and Geothermal. Air-to-air heat pumps scavenge heat from the air around them. Geothermal heat pumps scavenge heat through a system of underground pipes, using the typically temperatures below the ground. Both types are more efficient than a conventional system for heating and cooling. The Air-to-air systems don’t work well in climates that experience freezing weather and have a shorter life span than conventional systems if run year round. Geothermal systems are much better, but installation of the underground piping systems required for these can be REALLY pricey. Also almost impossible if one lives over the top of any type of rock structure. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-11-18 07:31 |
| #2 I thought Bee. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 02:44 |
| #1 Wartime Powers from the "1950 Defense Production Act (DPA)"? This just brazen, Imperial Hubris. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-11-18 01:32 |