In the US , we ’re supposed to be the world lord of consumerism . But as pointed out byPop Mech , ourEnergy Starguidelines are not justinaccurate , they fail to liken one product to any other product . There ’s no context of use .
Meanwhile , take a trip pretty much anywhere else in the creation and thing modify :
Looking at an EU dishwasher label … The machine is denounce not only on total energy and water consumption , but also on clean carrying into action , dry performance , size and randomness . At a glance , consumers get a sense of how this dishwasher stack up against every other dishwasher on the market … .The American EnergyGuide recording label lists the manufacturer - take yearly kilowatt - hours usance estimate , compares that to the other maker - submitted estimates , then crunches those number with another set of laying claim to visualise how much money it might cost to operate on the automobile for a twelvemonth . It ’s up to the shopper standing on the dishwasher aisle to figure out whether 100 or 1000 kW - hours per year is a reasonable monetary value for clean home .
fundamentally , the rest of the world suffer a free issue of Consumer Reports on the recording label of every widget they ’re about to corrupt . We ’re leave take a subscription . [ Popular Mechanics ]
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