Governor orders populace to buy appliances emblazoned with doomsday symbol
October 4, 2007 at 4:39 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsFrom today until Oct. 7 there is a tax-free holiday on appliances with the “Energy Star” label on them. Gov. Perdue encourages all of us to drive alone in a giant Hummer to the stores farthest away from us, leave our cars idling while we shop and then keep the appliances running all the time. While we spray aerosol cans all over our apartments. And pour gasoline and organic sewage down our sinks.
No, he doesn’t really want us to do that. Cynicism aside, it’s a good opportunity to venture out and save some loot on an item that at least meets some energy-consumption standards.
And with this possibly on the horizon, it might not be a bad idea.
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October 4th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Speaking of cynicism, this particular tax holiday is the most cynical of all. Many other states offer all kinds of incentives and tax breaks for using clean energy or saving energy; Georgia’s are among the nation’s most paltry. At the same time, Georgia has jumped on the bandwagon of all these little “tax holidays” for school supplies, clothes, etc., each of which falls irregularly and has all kinds of loopholes. But they sound impressive to voters and make retailers happy.
The problem is that it’s a terrible idea for home appliances: If you don’t need a refrigerator on this particular weekend — but will need it in February — it serves as zero incentive to buy an Energy Star model when you actually do get around to buying it. And if you speed up your purchase of a refrigerator just because this is a tax holiday, you’re actually INCREASING demand and consumption of a product that took a lot of energy and materials to build. How’s that good for the environment?
October 4th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
But, Ken! Sonny says!
October 4th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
dang, i was fixin to start another war and go shopping. can’t have any fun with you two guys around.