The climate change cult

New York, 23 September 2014 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced a new initiative to accelerate the transition to more efficient appliances and equipment to reduce global energy demand, mitigate climate change and improve access to energy.

That, my friends, is why we have to replace our dishwashers, refrigerators, washing machines and other large appliances every five or six years instead of living with appliances that last 20 plus years. And to make matters worse, Biden tasked the Department of Energy to tighten energy rules on appliances the day he took office.

I had to replace a 20-year-old dishwasher a couple of years ago. Instead of 45 minutes to wash a load, the new unit takes 207 minutes because the pump and the heater is smaller. Uses less electricity too. Or does it? After a $239 service call to reset a power fuse because the heater was working overtime to get the water hot, the tech said if it happened again, buy a new dishwasher.

The claim that climate change will add jobs is true ... more Chinese are employed building appliances! It doesn’t take a math major to figure out that an appliance that runs longer takes more electricity to function. LPEA increased rates this year. 

I’m well aware that the climate has changed in the 83 years I’ve been on Earth. But I’m not sure that people are the only reason for that change. In my mind, climate change advocates are not unlike cult religious groups claiming that the end is near. A belated happy Earth Day.

– Dennis Pierce, Durango