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How your showerhead got roped into the culture wars (grist.org)

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Earlier this month, President Donald Trump doubled down on his long-standing complaint about low-flow showerheads taking too long to clean his “beautiful hair.” He ordered his administration to repeal a rule, revived by the Biden administration, that aimed to save water by restricting flow from the fixtures. A White House fact sheet promised the order would undo “the left’s war on water pressure” and “make America’s showers great again.”

Efficiency standards used to have bipartisan support. But today, many Republican politicians see restrictions on gas stoves, refrigerators, and laundry machines as symbols of Democratic interference with people’s self-determination. That’s the idea Trump advanced when he signed an executive order targeting efficiency standards for home goods and appliances “to safeguard the American people’s freedom to choose.” The message echoes talking points from industry groups that have an interest in keeping homes hooked up to natural gas for stoves and water heaters.

"This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen efficiency standards thrust into the culture wars,” said Andrew deLaski, the executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, which advocates for stricter energy-efficiency legislation. “But President Trump has put that into overdrive.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“make America’s showers great again.”

No reason to stop there. Make Electric Nose-Hair Trimmers Great Again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I mean the electric nose-hair trimmers I’ve used all suck, so you won’t get an argument from me. In the meantime, I’m open to suggestions; especially if they can deal with ear hair too.

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

Trump’s never had to use a shower head that’s basically a limp hose because the building’s water pressure doesn’t pressure near the top of an old apt building:( Using a low flow valve can be a huge qol improvement if you already have shitty water pressure.