The government ENERGY STAR certification program is supposed to set high energy saving standards for electrical appliances. The program is run jointly by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Energy Star label is supposed to assure consumers that an electrical appliance meets those standards.
It seems that the Energy Star is rather dim! The DOE and EPA have been taking the manufacturers’ word that their products meet those high energy saving standards without doing anything to verify that those appliances actually warranted the Energy Star certification.
Investigators submitted 15 phony products, including a GASOLINE-POWERED ALARM CLOCK for certification and guess what – each of the 15 phony products received the Energy Star certification, including the gasoline-powered alarm clock which, if there were such a contraption, is not even an electrical appliance.
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