WASHINGTON (Michigan News Source) – As President Joe Biden’s administration continues to explore ways to make the U.S. more dependent on Electric Vehicle Technology and other “Clean Energy Sources,” some are concerned by a recent proposal to ban the sale of nearly all portable gas generators.
Experts such as Executive Director of the Portable Generator Manufacturers’ Association, Susan Orenga, recently pointed out that a potential ban on the sales would “create a shortage of essential portable generators during regional and national emergencies because it will prevent the sale of portable generators that are currently available on the market.”
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Her criticism comes after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a policy that would remove almost every portable generator off the market because they would prospectively surpass emission levels.
“Furthermore, the timing of the CPSC’s proposed changes are particularly concerning, given repeated warnings that two-thirds of North America is currently facing an energy shortfall this summer during periods of high demand,” Orenga said.
The CPSC cited statistics in a report that argued carbon monoxide (CO) emissions are incredibly harmful to human health.
“From 2004 through 2021, there were at least 1,332 CO-related consumer deaths involving portable generators, or an average of about 74 lives lost annually, with thousands of non-fatal poisonings of consumers per year,” the CPSC report reads. “Fatalities have increased in recent years. For example, for the three most recent years for which complete data are available (2017 through 2019), generator-related CO deaths have averaged 85 per year.”
In late June, U.S. Energy Secretary and former Michigan Governor, Jennifer Granholm, paid a visit to Michigan to discuss clean energy in the state and the country. She even responded to protestors who had some members removed from the talk.
“I would be out there marching with them in terms of, we’ve got to do this, we’ve got to do this,” Granholm said of the protesters and the need for action. “On the other hand, you cannot just flip a switch, because we have whole economies that have been built up around using fossil fuels. And so the question is, what does that transition look like?”
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The new proposal comes just months after the Department of Energy revealed its own new Energy Policy and Conservation Program which would be aimed at making new standards on consumer cooking products, including gas stoves. Some estimates expect the ban of at least half of U.S. stove models under the new guidelines.
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