Douglas Johnson wrote in
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"HeyBub" wrote:

Douglas Johnson wrote:
Jim Yanik wrote:


Yes,you will not be able to sell your house if it doesn't comply
with the new laws.

Do you have a citation for this?
Thanks,
Doug

We dug it out once a couple of weeks ago (it's tough to find in a
1,400 page bill)

Actually, it's pretty easy. Right in the table of contents:

"SEC. 304. GREATER ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDING CODES."

It's in the House version of the Cap-and-Trade bill, though not as
onerous as it sounds. It originally applied to sales of ALL homes but
was modified to apply only to NEW construction. It includes the gamut
of things down to water heater insulation.

The section does not address water heater insulation or any other
specific practice at all. It requires the establishment of national
energy building codes that meet certain energy reduction targets by
certain dates. It doesn't say how.

I looked at the text of both the first-introduced bill and the one
passed and sent to the Senate. Section 304 does not seem to differ
significantly between the two.

Still, it's the beginning of a federal standard of energy efficiency
and it's only a small additional step to impose it on the sale of
existing homes.

It would be a HUGE step. There is a reason building codes apply to
new construction and old houses are grand fathered in.

when did reason ever stop Obama and the DemocRATS?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net


It is not
economically feasible to upgrade even a reasonably new (say 10 years
old) to current code. My 60 year old barn would need new windows, roof
structure, foundations, electrical, plumbing, insulation in the
walls... The foundations alone would make it cheaper to tear down and
rebuild.

We would have to tear down most of the nation's housing stock. Now
that's a stimulus package!

-- Doug
-- Doug


Obama plans to tear down the entire US economy.
Cap and Trade.