[Old School]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) submitted 20 bogus products with 15 being approved, 2 denided and no action taken on the other three.

The federal government has been slapping "energy-efficient" ratings on products that don't even exist -- including a bogus space heater with a duster stuck to it and an alarm clock supposedly powered by gasoline.
These fake products were submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy for approval as part of an undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office.
The office wanted to see how easily the feds could be duped, since the Energy Star program used to identify products as energy savers serves as a guide to businesses looking for such modern marvels and the basis for millions of dollars in incentivizing tax credits -- including $300 million from the stimulus.


Among the products approved was a "room air cleaner." The product image should have been a giveaway -- it showed a space heater with a duster and several fly strips attached to it, looking more like a fire hazard than an energy saver. The EPA approved it in 11 days and listed it on the official Web site, according to GAO.
The government also approved a "metal roof panel," a "geothermal heat pump," and a "gas-powered alarm clock." The latter was described as a generator-sized clock run on gasoline


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/...ion-finds/

Keep in mind this is the same EPA that is telling the coal industry how to operate their coal mines.

[Hoot Gibson]

The people who reviewed these bogus products probably are working in positions created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (a/k/a "stimulus 1"). Is that plastic tape attaching the feather duster to the space heater? Maybe the reviewers were literally blind and not allowed to touch the devices for safety reasons.

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[nky]

and some think the government can run healthcare

[Mr.Kimball]

and some think the government can run healthcare

Where, oh where, is thecavemaster?:lmao:

[Old School]

The report also claims to have save Americans $17 Billion dollars last year alone on energy consumption. I have to wonder how many of those products that the EPA and DOE claim to be energy efficient actually are?

How many of these products were purchased solely because of their energy ratings?

Another government run program run amuck.

[outdoorsman43]

The way the EPA runs things is an absolute joke.

I get sicker and sicker everyday just thinking about how this country is being ran.