As a green activist I have to respond to this. For years, vacuum cleaner manufacturers have been deliberately making vacuum cleaners higher wattage, without that additional power going to suction, in order to put a bigger number on the box. Most of the vacuum cleaners that people use that are over the limit, with a minor adjustment to the efficiency of the motor within existing limits will suck equally well for fewer watts. It's better for everyone. We need to start taking these steps to reduce environmental impact.
I have to say that whilst I respect your views I sit on the other side of the fence to you and do not
buy into the global warming/green/doom industry at all. Especially when it comes to
vaping where it is all too easy to be very hypocritical. There's nothing very "green" about the manufacture of Lithium
batteries, plastic O rings and propolyne glycol etc methinks!!! And it seems to me that most people who preach about green issues are just as eager to enjoy the benefits of oil and technology as the rest of us. Electricity for instance is easy and cheap to produce but it's cost in the UK has gone through the roof purely through the efforts of so called environmentalists whom I suspect in reality don't like high bills dropping through their letter boxes any more than I do.
If what you say is correct however rather than ban something simply ensure it is labelled correctly so that the consumer can decide what he buys through informed choice. I may like a big motor in my vacuum cleaner even if it doesn't suck to its full potential and I don't like some interfering beaurocrat telling me I can't have one because I'm wasting 10 pence worth of electricity per year. Are you sure your computer, mobile or laptop is running the smallest greenest CPU so that you do not have any surplus wasted computing power? Nor do I want the same person to tell what I can or cannot vape! My motorbike has an engine which produces vastly more power than I can ever use in the real world. I use it purely for pleasure and when pushed it returns barely 30mpg. I love it but I dare say there are those who would like to deny me this simple pleasure!!
Cheers
John Armstrong