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A comment on EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program. Parent comment

Re:EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program by otterley on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @11:39AM (#43917128)
That suggests you would support even more mandatory disclosures from appliance manufacturers, as opposed to reducing information by killing off the Energy Star program.
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Re:EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program by snkzxbs on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @11:44AM (#43917193)
Exactly. Either full information or none. What exists now is useless. The current system can give good scores to dishwashers that force you to rinse all dishes before you put them in the dishwasher or that you have to run twice, making you waste time and energy.
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Re:EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program by otterley on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @01:21PM (#43918359)
That's not my experience. I have a relatively new Energy Star-rated dishwasher (KitchenAid) and it works great. The trick, as re-discovered by Technology Connections, is to take advantage of the prewash cycle and use a bit of prewash detergent along with the main wash detergent, and not use too much.

Check out the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHP942Livy0

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Re:EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program by malfist on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @01:29PM (#43918451)
> can give good scores to dishwashers that force you to rinse all dishes

That's just simply false. Read your dishwasher's manual. It'll tell you not to pre-rinse dishes.

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