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Hot Water and Hot Air...

Will Baude notes the hot water discussion that was floating around the Internet that Alex Tabarrok kicked off. I agree with both Prof. Tabarrok and Will about how these kind of laws are generally a bad idea. I remember when I was a college student, and one of things that one might do to save $ was to run the Hot Water, as opposed to turning on the heater. I've also known newlyweds to do the same thing. After all, you're already paying for it, might as well get the most out of it. Far more inefficient, but if you're not paying for Hot Water but are paying for electricity wacky energy consumption is encouraged. Don't let the liberals know this happens though.