"Gas-powered alarm clock" receives Energy-Star certification

[BrewTech]

Obama’s EPA Gave Energy Star Certification to ‘Gas-Powered Clock Radio’ and 14 Other Phony Products, GAO Says
Thursday, April 01, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer


One of the phony products certified by the EPA as an energy-efficient air cleaner was pictured on a phony Web site as nothing more than a space heater with a feather duster taped to it. (Photo from GAO report)

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(CNSNews.com) – The Environmental Protection Agency certified that a “gas-powered clock radio” was an energy-efficient product under the government’s Energy Star program, despite the fact that neither the clock nor its manufacturer ever existed.

(more at link)

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/63638

My favorite part... LOL

The description read: “Gas-powered clock radio is sleek, durable, easy on your electric bill, and surprisingly quiet.”

[gunny highway]

LOL! this sums up the efficacy our government regulators. what an embarrassment.

[madfranks]

In a joint statement, EPA and DOE said that consumers should have “no doubt” that Energy Star products are actually energy efficient

Ha ha, that's some funny sheeit right there!

[bonaparte]

I wouldn't be surprised if these people got a government grant to certify their non-existent products.