Now they're coming for your furnace!!-----New DOE rules on home furnaces could see savings go up in smoke

New DOE rules on home furnaces could see savings go up in smoke - Watchdog.org:
"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 have given the Department of Energy the authority to regulate the efficiency of residential gas furnaces.
The DOE has decided to move forward with a proposal to update such rules, pushing a mandate for furnace manufactures to increase burn efficiency from 78 percent – set in 1992- to 92 percent.
...More specifically, they question the DOE’s assertion that “left to their own devices, consumers underestimate the projected energy savings from buying a more efficient furnace...”