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To: jrhana who wrote (10226)	6/29/2009 3:03:59 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 86356

Did you see this in the bill. So this bill they passed - in the amendment - Every home in America on point of sale will have to have an energy audit and will have to meet a rating to be defined by the Energy Secretary. If it does not meet the rating, then the owner must bring into compliance before sale. what the fukk, this has always been between the buyer and seller. New appliances? new owners want to put their own type and color in. What if you have too many windows? What if you don't have x number of inches of insulation in the walls? tear out all the walls ?

To: jrhana who wrote (10226)	6/29/2009 6:08:15 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 86356

1) We are a very regulated society. Regulations help things work. For example, we all have to get an inspection done for our house before we buy it anyway. All banks I know of require one to be complete before they'll lend you the money. So now the inspection will require an energy use audit. Fine. That will tell you whether you will spend big bucks on energy or not in your home. That's useful information and does not contradict your personal freedoms one bit. 2) Not really. Permitting is a necessary process. I know that I don't want a tenement being built across from my house that I spent a bundle on. I want there to be a planning commission making sure they don't build a liquor store or pawn shop close to my neighborhood. Regulations can help solve these problems for people. 3) This is a legitimate concern. My guess is that they are buffoons. We've already seen governmental buffoonery in action for the last 8 years. The only thing that has changed is now the buffoons are Democrats. So that is why I'm for simple solutions like carbon and gas taxes, instead of complex solutions like Cap and Trade. Having said that, I am all for building efficiency. Conservation needs to be at the core of our economy's future from now on and regulations are how you make this happen. There's a very large positive ROI on improved building efficiency.