Front Loading Gleick

The Man, The Legend, The Poster Boy For San Francisco Smug

“ Dubbed a "visionary on the environment" by the British Broadcasting Corporation and named one of 15 people the president should listen to by Wired Magazine, Gleick continues to create and advocate vanguard solutions to our most pressing water and environmental threats. Gleick received a B.S. from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. And Dr. Peter Gleick wants to know Why do YOU still have a top-loading washing machine? ”

Gleick's SF Chron article was brought to my attention by Marc Miller in comments about Colorado Power raising fees on "Solar panel freeloaders."   Maybe in a few years we'll see this headline: San Francisco Municipal Water to ratchet up fees on front loading free loaders! Marc was actually drawing attention to comments made by Bay Area readers. Sample: “ Gee. Aren't front loading washing machines an ENTITLEMENT? Doesn't the world OWE me a $1000 "green" washing machine? Gee, I want one. And a house on the Pacific. But I have to save up so I can pay the increased TAXES. Why do I have to pay TAXES? I'm not a millionaire. BTW, what kind of "doctor" is this guy? What credentials does he have? Did he get them at the University of F.W. Woolworth? Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gleick/detail?entry_id=44493#commentslistpos#ixzz0Mp7Yu3BM ”  Most of the others were, I thought, predictably pasty faced.  But it's the Gleickster I'm after.  First of all, he fits perfectly my vision of what a condescending, meddling, pasty faced San Francisco Liberal ought look like, don't you agree?  The perfect male bookend to generic pasty faced maggot pie girl of long standing.  The BBC thinks he's one of 15 people Obama should listen to?  I bet this guy had something to do with Bill Clinton too. On his way out the door, amidst  the spree of pardon selling and furniture stealing, Clinton issued the executive order killing the top loading washing machine.  Some comments I recorded at the time included: “ In another of the little-noticed Clinton midnight regulations, the Department of Energy (DOE) -- the same agency that couldn't keep nuclear secrets -- issued a stealth edict that will force the popular top-loading washing machines off the market. Instead consumers will be forced to buy so-called "horizontal access," or front-loading machines, which cost $200 to $300 more. Needless to say, the appliance manufacturers rushed to embrace this ruling since there is room for more profit in the higher-price structure. And besides, they got tax credits for being good sports. ” and .. “ In a back-room deal without consumers or taxpayers present, the Clinton-Gore environmentalists conspired with industry to mandate the manufacture of only front-loading, instead of top-loading, washing machines . . . . [T]he regulations will actually add $240 to the price of a clothes washer. . . . The reason for these mandates is that the Gore-style environmentalists want to reduce the amount of water and electricity Americans use in order to comply with United Nations treaties about energy, even if the United States hasn't ratified them. . . ." ” So, I'm not well disposed to be buying one. When I leave this mortal coil, my home will  have in place my original 50 gallon toilets, and our top loading washer.  I take my victories where I can.  USA UAS USA