The Senate will take up a floor vote on the Energy Bill as soon as today or tomorrow. A phone call to your Senator is in order, and here’s your motivation.

Within the 300 page amendment added to H.R. 2454 on June 26th is language that will allow the government to audit every aspect of your home and life. The bill states every home owner will receive an energy audit.

From Jo Bonner
U.S. House of Representatives
Published:
Monday, July 6, 2009

H.R. 2454 would also require all homes sales to be conditioned upon an energy audit and a new energy rating assessment and energy labeling program for your home. Homes would be subjected to a new energy rating assessment and energy labeling program that will penalize homeowners for older windows, original fixtures, and dated appliances.

So prepare thyselves for the Obamassiah’s latest foot patrol to pay you an intrusive visit. With ACORN/Census plotting your GPS coordinates, it will be easy for them to find you. They will examine and report on how you live your life directly to RESNET (Residential Energy Services Network).

Click the link below to continue reading the story.

Of course Obama and the democrats can’t be original.

From the British Publication “Telegraph” 10/10/2005

‘Energy wardens’ will police homes and offices to ensure that they do not waste gas and electricity under a radical plan being considered by John Prescott. An extraordinary blueprint being studied by the Deputy Prime Minister suggests conserving energy by monitoring the habits of home owners in the same way that air raid wardens made people turn off their lights during the Blitz.

Householders will also be forced to conduct an “annual energy audit” of their homes, defending the amount of fuel they have consumed. The spectre of a force of “green police” is painted in a study warning that Britain risks catastrophe if it remains dependent on Middle East oil and urging a rapid shift to renewable energy and conservation.

The paper, entitled Britain’s Energy Future, Securing the Home Front, by the former Labour minister Stephen Twigg and the Foreign Policy Centre, compares a future energy crisis to the Second World War aerial bombardment. It says: “The stakes are as high and the solution will be found only when UK citizens and corporate entities (government included) start acting as if the stakes are that high. The mentality at community and householder level must be similar to that of the war years or Britain will have no energy future.”

So be prepared to take a lashing if you’re still using incandescent lightbulbs, have old underperforming windows, and appliances, low R-values in your insulation, leaky faucets, etc. And once you have your home energy assessment, good luck selling the place.

Here is an in-depth breakdown of the audit:

704.1.2.3 The Home Energy Survey Professional shall request copies of utility bills or
written permission to obtain the energy use information from the utility company, and use
them to produce an estimate of generalized end-uses (base, heating, and cooling).
704.1.2.5. Minimum Procedures for an In-Home Energy Survey:
704.1.2.5.1.1 R-values of wall/ceiling/floor insulation
704.1.2.5.1.2 Square footage and approximate age of home
704.1.2.5.1.3 Type of windows: glazing type(s) and frame material(s)
704.1.2.5.1.4 Type, model number, and location of heating/cooling system(s)
704.1.2.5.1.5 Type of ductwork, location and R-value of duct insulation, and any
indications of previous duct sealing
704.1.2.5.1.6 Type of foundation is crawl, basement, or slab
704.1.2.5.1.7 Checklist of common air-leakage sites indicating likely opportunities
for leakage reduction
704.1.2.5.1.8 Estimated age and efficiency of major appliances such as
dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and dryers
704.1.2.5.1.9 Number and type of hardwired light fixtures and screw-in bulbs in
portable lamps suitable for energy efficient re-lamping
704.1.2.5.1.10 Visual indications of condensation
704.1.2.5.1.11 Presence and location of exhaust fans, and determination of whether
they are vented outdoors
704.1.2.5.1.12 Number and type of water fixtures (e.g. faucets, showerheads)
704.1.2.5.1.13 Presence and type(s) of combustion equipment; identification of
visually identifiable evidence of flame rollout, blocked chimney, and corroded or
missing vent connector.

Here’s a list of Senators to focus on.

Robert Byrd (WV) 202-224-3954, fax 202-228-0002
Evan Bayh (IN) 202-224-5623, fax 202-228-1377
Mark Begich (AK) 202-224-3004, fax 202-224-2354
Michael Bennet (CO) 202-224-5852, fax 202-228-5036
Jeff Bingaman (NM) 202-224-5521, fax 202-224-1792
Sherrod Brown (OH) 202-224-2315, fax 202-228-6321
Max Baucus (MT) 202-224-2651, fax 202-224-9412
Robert Casey (PA) 866-802-2833, fax 202-228-0604
Kent Conrad (ND) 202-224-2043, fax 202-224-7776
Byron Dorgan (ND) 202-224-2551, fax 202-224-1193
Kay Hagan (NC) 202-224-6342, fax 202-228-2563
Tim Johnson (SD) 202-224-5842
Mary Landrieu (LA) 202-224-5824, fax 202-224-9735
Carl Levin (MI) 202-224-6221, fax 202-224-1388
Blanche Lincoln (AR) 202-224-4843, fax 202-228-1371
Ben Nelson (NE) 202-224-6551, fax 202-228-0012
John D. Rockefeller (WV) 202-224-6472, fax 202-224-7665
Arlen Specter (PA) 202-224-4254, fax 202-228-1229
Debbie Stabenow (MI) 202-224-4822
Jon Tester (MT) 202-224-2644, fax 202-224-8594
Mark L. Pryor (AR) 202-224-2353, fax 202-228-0908
Olympia Snowe (ME) 800-432-1599, fax 202-224-1946
Susan Collins (ME) 202-224-2523, fax 202-224-2693
Gregg (NH) 202-224-3324
Lisa Murkowski (AK) 202-224-6665, fax 202-224-5301

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A federal commission concluded a GPS-based mileage tax to offset the revenue decline by newer, more fuel-efficient vehicles was the “best path forward”, and now University of Iowa researchers are tweaking a GPS system that will track your vehicles every move. With the current by-the-gallon fuel tax is not generating enough revenue, many are proposing a pay-by-the-mile tax. The only way to accomplish this would be to equip all vehicles with a device to track your mileage.

I think the concept of a pay-as-you go fuel tax may have merit, but using GPS is not the answer as it will allow a further breach of our civil liberties. With the technological advances in the last decade, far less intrusive technology could be used. How about a device that doesn’t track your vehicle, but records your mileage since your last fill up at the gas station and charges you at the pump?

Proponents of the project claim the GPS devices could also be used to as a tool to help manage traffic and relieve congestion. Bullshit. There are other ways to monitor traffic including below pavement ground sensors, cameras, etc.

As one blogger put it, “I’m also paranoid enough that I’d prefer not being harassed or suspected of a crime because I’m one of 200 other cars listed as “near” a crime scene.” Or another who said:

I’m a pretty good shade tree mechanic, even on newer cars.

You’d better believe that the transponder on my next car is going to get removed and will be emitting a nice, regular signal from the corner of the garage, while it gathers dust. It will keep company with the restrictive catalytic converter, intake manifold, and exhaust system that I removed from my sports car.

Welcome to George Orwell’s world.

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