I'm kind of impressed that Barack Obama is supporting a Consumer Protection Agency. I mean we already have one, but apparently this one will have teeth. I wonder if the Agency will be able to stop the flow of corporations that set up shop elsewhere.
There is a plethora of areas where such a Consumer Protection Agency could do a lot of good. For example, why do 99% of all side by side refrigerator freezers have an ice dispensing unit built into the door? To sell more SODA, that's why. If a consumer protection agency could get the refrigerator industry to have a more balanced scheme where they maybe offer 10% non dispensing side by side refrigerator freezers, it would have paid for itself.
It's called CHOICE. Right now, there is virtually no choice between buying a side by side refrigerator freezer with an ice dispenser built in, versus one that does not have an ice dispensing unit.
Chilled drinks in general are not good for you. There is a theory that if you eat meat and also consume cold drinks at the same time, that the cold drink may actually cause the undigested animal fat to condense and harden in your stomach before it is digested. yech.
How about selling more outlet strips that actually have an on off switch for each individual outlet so you are not sending electricity to a device that is not even turned on but the power supply nonetheless continues to suck electricity? Wouldn't that help save energy since small electronic appliances now account for 15% of our energy consumption and they use as much as 80% of their normal energy requirements even when in the off mode, because the power supply is still being fed power by the power strips that don't have individual on/off buttons.
We need a consumer protection agency with teeth, so I am for such a creation.
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