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By Rachael Wilfong~

How many energy-efficiency mandates are too many?

The correct answer is zero.

With its dishwasher energy-efficiency proposal, the Biden administration continues to impose its green agenda on everyday Americans, methodically stripping away consumer choice in the process.(Photo: Bonchan/iStock/Getty Images)

But for the Biden administration, it might be infinity, because the Department of Energy just announced yet another round of efficiency mandates for consumer appliances.

The move is just one in a string of similar regulations targeting everything from gas stoves to vending machines to refrigerators—all introduced in a supposed bid to combat “climate change.”

This time, dishwashers are the object of the administration’s wrath.

Like the rest of the DOE’s efficiency mandates, the proposed rule on dishwashers is predicated on the Environmental Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, born in an era of perceived energy scarcity.

But times have changed since President Gerald Ford signed it…