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US Changes Shower Rules After Donald Trump Complained of Washing His Perfect Hair
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Does Donald Trump dictate what shower pressures in the USA shall be like? Apparently, yes.
The U.S. Energy Department on Tuesday finalized two rules easing energy standards on consumer fixtures and appliances, including one on shower heads after President Donald Trump complained some showers don t adequately rinse his hair.
The rules are part of Trump s last-minute efforts to roll back rules that limit production or consumption of oil, gas and coal as part of his energy dominance policy.
The department also finalized a rule to exempt some clothes washers and dryers from standards allowing them to use more energy and water.
The government took a step to rectify one of President Donald Trump s pet peeves just days before he leaves office by finalizing a showerhead rule after the president complained about water merely dripping out.
The U.S. Energy Department on Tuesday finalized two rules easing energy standards on consumer fixtures and appliances – about a year after the president went on an extended rant about plumbing fixtures during a public event at the White House.
The rule rolled back a regulation dating to the Bush administration to allow showerheads with multiple showerhead fixtures to provide more robust water-flow. But the regulation – to take effect just five days before inauguration – will do nothing to meet Trump s complaints about sinks where you don t get any water and toilets that people are flushing ten times, fifteen times due to environmental regulations.
The US Energy Department on Tuesday rolled back an Obama-era restriction on how much water could be pumped through a showerhead.
The move came after President Trump complained in July about showers not providing enough water to wash his hair.
A regulation put in place in 1992 restricts the amount of water a showerhead can put out to 2.5 gallons a minute.
For years there was a loophole for people who had multiple showerheads, which Obama ended.
The new rule passed on Tuesday rolls back the Obama change, so people can again achieve greater water flow via multiple showerheads.
An Obama-era restriction on showerheads was rolled back on Tuesday after President Donald Trump previously complained about showers not providing enough water to wash his hair.
To satisfy Trump, Energy Dept finalizes foolish showerhead policy
There is no reason to do this. There s no evidence of public demand for such a change, and it serves no policy purpose to abandon the existing standards.
If you want to protect dry skin, you re probably showering the wrong way, doctors say.featurepics.com
Dec. 16, 2020, 3:03 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
The Trump administration only has five weeks remaining, but officials throughout the executive branch are hardly taking a passive approach to the outgoing president s preferences. Reuters reported late yesterday, for example, on a new regulatory policy designed to make Donald Trump happy.