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Re:Zuckerberg didn’t make any friends in Europe today by wierd0 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @05:44AM (#17132671)
> Do you honestly believe that the average citizen wants highly paid bureaucrats in Brussels debating on how much power a vacuum cleaner should draw?

I certainly do. Wait, there is no equivalent discussion of power draw of vacuum cleaners in the US? Well, then the EU might be at the forefront of consumer electronics regulations and in the end, that's very good for me.

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Re:Zuckerberg didn’t make any friends in Europe today by evgen on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:42AM (#17133285)
Yes, there is similar regulation in the US that mandates every appliance have a standardized sticker indicating energy efficiency and where each particular model falls within defined classes.
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