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Obama-Immelt Pact, allowing government to control our water heaters

GE ’stimulated’ by $300 million water heater rebate

By Steve Milloy ——--October 3, 2009

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Everyday seems to bring new revelations about federal stimulus money earmarked for the Obama-blessed General Electric. Yesterday it was smart meters, today’s scheme involves water heaters.
GE will be selling water heaters that, as described by SmartGridToday,
…lets utilities regulate the use by sending signals wirelessly to them from smart meters.
According to the GE press release,
Additionally, the smart appliance qualifies for Energy Star rebate programs… In July, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the availability of nearly $300 million in funding for state-run Energy Star rebate programs as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus plan.
The Obama-Immelt Pact (rentseeking-for-lobbying) is corrupt enough but it’s made positively execrable by its ends — allowing the government (through regulated utilities) to control our water heaters.

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Steve Milloy publishes JunkScience.com and GreenHellBlog.com and is the author of Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them

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