Most people don't know what UL is or that they even exist. Of the few who do, many probably believe it's some government mandated thing. Regardless, just becau

Most people don't know what UL is or that they even exist. Of the few who do, many probably believe it's some government mandated thing. Regardless, just because UL seems to be doing a decent job (I'm not really qualified to comment on that, just going on an assumption here), there have been other industry groups that were supposed to do the same thing and were basically utter failures. For example, the EnergyStar organization giving certification for a gasoline powered alarm clock[0]. [0] https://gizmodo.com/a-fake-gas-powered-alarm-clock-once-got-energy-star-cer-1656128986 https://gizmodo.com/a-fake-gas-powered-alarm-clock-once-got-...