How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars

How is it a freedom of choice issue when without the efficiency standards, no products had the efficiency features and are unlikely to have them as an option in the future. It's just a way to divert poor people's money into the pockets of utility companies. It has always been simple to remove the water restrictors in shower heads.

The real issue is the infrastructure in America can't support higher water pressure anymore. Also if they'd stop installing the cheap valves in bathtubs/showers that don't allow adjusting pressure, only temperature, that might help, too. I removed my water restrictors, but added adjustable valves at the showerhead so I can turn the pressure down while I'm wetting and washing and back up briefly while rinsing. But even without them the pressure isn't that much higher in any places I've lived in decades.

I absolutely loved my apartments that had a heatpump and toilets with water-pressure powered engines(?), which barely used any water.

My summer electric bills (all electric appliances) were $66 in the 2020s, $130 in winter. My efficient toilet could have flushed a fucking coconut, it was so powerful that there was actually air getting sucked out of the room when you flushed it. It's tank had no visible water, but had something that looked like a black car engine, which would blast air and water when flushed.