<![CDATA[In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666.]]>In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666.

That was the number of an EU law that required vacuum cleaners to use a maximum of 1,600 watts – and there was a lot of talk about the EU allegedly ‘’banning powerful vacuum cleaners!’’

What actually happened is that manufacturers had to get the same suction with less power. And they did. Because when aims are clear, engineers know what they’re doing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ddc49ee1-bcb5-4435-b3d8-9e594e74c432/in-2014-in-europe-there-was-much-ado-about-666.RSS for NodeMon, 24 Aug 2026 11:31:32 GMTMon, 03 Aug 2026 09:17:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:29:32 GMT]]>@Hjboon @EUCommission Let's stop driving cars and motors at all.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Vanstra/statuses/117032050525820567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Vanstra/statuses/117032050525820567Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:29:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:55:37 GMT]]>Kaito Do you realize that you're using a data center right now?
😂🤦‍♂️]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://libera.site/item/491e389a-5550-46f9-bdaf-e4c749552931https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://libera.site/item/491e389a-5550-46f9-bdaf-e4c749552931Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:55:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:36:54 GMT]]>@smeulski @EUCommission

Because not one country will have enough electricity to power all the extra e-cars. Even now there are counties where blackouts are possible due to use of more electricity due to whatever (airco's at the moment, I guess...) They will have to use fossil fuels to create enough electricity. Like right now gas prize is getting up because people should heat/cool, cook,.. with electricity. So on the other hand, to create more electricity (some) gouvernements use gas. How can they order to all drive an electric car when there's already shortage of electricity?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031843580148328https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031843580148328Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:36:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:28:46 GMT]]>@ArtHarg @sloanlance @autkin @EUCommission

That is also mentioned in that regulation 666/2013. 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031811548927447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031811548927447Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:28:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:13:27 GMT]]>@raymaccarthy @EUCommission

Not just overlarge. Also overweight! They have changed the law for max weight on cars in favor of these tanks, otherwise people needed a truck drivers license...
Nice example of how crooked lawmakers think, @EUCommission

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031751324087347https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031751324087347Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:13:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:09:00 GMT]]>@Ikaros_Alpha @EUCommission

Good for you! 👏👏
But not everybody is able to.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031733829100855https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.es/ap/users/116470545577856272/statuses/117031733829100855Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:09:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:28:25 GMT]]>@sloanlance @autkin @EUCommission Maybe it’s a silly idea, but they should be rated on something that is actually related to how clean they leave your house, given a certain amount of time and energy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/ArtHarg/statuses/117031574276146849https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/ArtHarg/statuses/117031574276146849Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:28:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:17:11 GMT]]>@EUCommission

If all other problems are solved, you may start regulating the power of devices used for a couple of minutes every other day at most.

🙄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/users/caravantraveller/statuses/117031530086045199https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/users/caravantraveller/statuses/117031530086045199Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:17:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:13:08 GMT]]>@ArtHarg @autkin @EUCommission
I've wondered for quite a while why vacuum manufacturers give the number of amps or watts their cleaners use as a unit of strength. They could (and probably do) make very inefficient machines that waste a lot of electricity just to get those numbers up. Vacuum cleaners should be rated by their suction power, in Pascals.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/117031514200653491https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/117031514200653491Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:13:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:41:33 GMT]]>@EUCommission
Nice job there. Can you also please make smart home devices to obligatorily implement fully offline mode with the same functions as cloud functions? So that european sensitive data doesnt need to leave our homes (to china)? Nobody needs saving houselayout or video from vacuum cleaner to cloud really...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/dieTasse/statuses/117031389981044401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/dieTasse/statuses/117031389981044401Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:41:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:33:53 GMT]]>@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu EU comission tomorrow: "Let's chuck more money in the power guzzling datacenter pit!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sakurajima.social/notes/apgptor3zwhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sakurajima.social/notes/apgptor3zwMon, 03 Aug 2026 11:33:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:03:13 GMT]]>@autkin @EUCommission If you want the nitty-gritty, it's all in here: https://www.eceee.org/static/media/uploads/site-2/ecodesign/products/vacuum-cleaners/vacuum-cleaners-ecodesign-study-final-report-eup-lot-17-final-report.pdf

If you want to know more about where they got their data from, I suggest you contact the authors.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/ArtHarg/statuses/117031239269523784https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/ArtHarg/statuses/117031239269523784Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:03:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:58:27 GMT]]>@autkin @ArtHarg @EUCommission Maybe because this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
As the EU commission said, the results are there.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/placandeker/statuses/117031220541118907https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/placandeker/statuses/117031220541118907Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:58:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:54:31 GMT]]>Henk, gelukzoeker And 1 HP in 2040! 💪]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://libera.site/item/2988316c-e64e-4d00-a34c-eca006d17b28https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://libera.site/item/2988316c-e64e-4d00-a34c-eca006d17b28Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:54:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:54:11 GMT]]>@EUCommission Get rid of chat control

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/barryallen2023/statuses/117031203703853327https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/barryallen2023/statuses/117031203703853327Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:54:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:51:21 GMT]]>@EUCommission

And I once read that the power reduction on vacuums caused the biggest power saving of all law measures.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/WvOostveen/statuses/117031192570743101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/WvOostveen/statuses/117031192570743101Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:51:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:42:52 GMT]]>@EUCommission
So, why wait? Maximize the Horsepower in Cars! If you have 500 of 100 hp, you can not go faster than 50-80-120.

So, max 200 hp in 2028, 150 hp in 2032 and 100 hp in 2036 for new cars and motorcycles. I bet that less energyconsumption will be the effect.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Hjboon/statuses/117031159258333934https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Hjboon/statuses/117031159258333934Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:42:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:42:20 GMT]]>@agowa338 "We" may be be your bubble. People in Germany knew about it and it was nearly a meme joke like the "norm of curved bananas".

@samueljohnson @EUCommission

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117031157156767582https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117031157156767582Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:40:11 GMT]]>@agowa338 It was everywhere in Social media, and in German media, too, connected to Brexeteers.
@samueljohnson @EUCommission

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117031148705456807https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117031148705456807Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:40:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:38:27 GMT]]>@EUCommission

True, they just need a target!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/117031141861381149https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/117031141861381149Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:38:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:36:52 GMT]]>@smeulski 🎯👍🏼 @EUCommission

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117031135613604964https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/117031135613604964Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:36:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:33:46 GMT]]>@smeulski they fear that the electric vehicle higher prices leave Europeans without non-Chinese private automobiles... @EUCommission

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/jt_rebelo/statuses/117031123438702120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/jt_rebelo/statuses/117031123438702120Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:33:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:31:49 GMT]]>@agowa338 @EUCommission Well, it was hard to keep up with the torrent of lies. The vacuum cleaner guff was a popular example of the "EU's faceless bureacrats' control freakery".

The British prefer no regulation where possible. Thus, on the morning of the Grenfell fire in London the Conservative Party had a meeting scheduled to plan a bonfire of building regulations (hurriedly cancelled). They're now making up for it with a massive increase in building regulations, esp for tall buildings. 🙄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/117031115793440604https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/117031115793440604Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:31:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2014, in Europe, there was much ado about 666. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:31:09 GMT]]>@EUCommission
Even 1600W is generous. Decent 500W vacuum cleaners existed in 1960s!

The high power and noise was marketing. As unnecessary as a USA V8 engine eating 3x the fuel of car just as good for A to B and maybe better.

Next ban the overlarge SUV and have a special licence showing need for trucks.

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