EPA decides no old model sell through

[webby3650]

No, they are not. Osburn, Jotul, Osburn, Englander all have non-cat 2020 compliant stoves.

Lopi has noncat stoves as well.

 

[begreen]

Lopi has noncat stoves as well.

Regency has some too, Quad and VC also. In other words, almost every stove maker.

 

[BKVP]

Or build a fire in them once...no no no, its not new, its a used stove... that still has warranty left on it.

Retailers are considered commercial owners. Having a fire in it doesn't make it used until all parties are non commercial owners. Surveys show very few Step 1 heaters remain in dealer inventory.

 

[Highbeam]

While this is true it's also driven by consumers, the "Wal-Mart crowd", for lack of a better term, don't want to pay $25 for a toaster made in the US, they'd rather pay $14.99 and have it made in China.

I think there's a lot of people starting to see the mistakes in this now, unfortunately for many sectors it's too little too late. Things like semi-conductor manufacturing I never see returning to the America's, Asia now has the leading technology and the barriers for re-entry in North America are just too high.

Don’t forget shareholders. We demand maximum profit from the companies we own.

 

[PaulOinMA]

An excellent book is "Making Steel: Sparrows Point and the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might" about the steel industry.

I moved to western NJ in 1986 in time for the final death throes of Bethlehem Steel.

 

[jmb6420]

No, they are not. Osburn, Jotul, Osburn, Englander all have non-cat 2020 compliant stoves.

Add Lopi to that list.