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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are we a shithole country yet?!! 🇺🇲

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Only after the Golden Toilet in the White House flushes

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

TRUE Freedom is when you're FORCED to Pay OIL COMPANIES WHATEVER PRICE THEY WANT for the Privilege of using Appliances that SUCK!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One of the most successful voluntary initiatives introduced by the U.S. government, the program has saved 5 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, more than US$500 billion in energy costs, and prevented 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Star

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Also

Paula R. Glover, president of the Alliance to Save Energy, a group that promotes energy efficiency, said the Energy Star program cost $32 million but delivered $40 billion in annual savings on utility bills.

32 million for over $4 billion A YEAR in savings. What a fucking waste to cancel it. 32 million is pocket change. I think my city spends more than $32 million a year on bike lanes, lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Just think about all the lost profits for the coal mines!