"Earl Croasmun -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in
news:31086$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 EC>>> The Energy Policy Act of 1992 was signed into law by President
 EC> George ~>  EC> H.W. Bush. In 1994 the implementing regulations went
 EC> into effect, ~>  EC> requiring that all residential toilets be
 EC> manufactured using a ~>  EC> 1.6-gallons-per-flush standard. On the
 EC> tenth anniversary of the ~>  EC> regulations, American Standard made
 EC> an important announcement: "today ~>  EC> the worry-free
1.6-gallon
 EC> toilet is becoming a reality."

 ~>> Living within eyeshot of the Kohler factory, I do know about those.
 ~>> In fact a relative of mine who remodeled houses did a brisk
 EC> business in the ~> older "illegal" toilets. People
don't like having
 EC> to flush twice.

 EC> The telling part was the announcement that the technology was getting
 EC> worked out TEN YEARS AFTER the government mandate.

Official announcement from DC + bureaucrats + politics = Massive botch.

Anything else new?

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