You don't appear to be right about your facts on Energy Star, good sir: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&pgw_code

You don't appear to be right about your facts on Energy Star, good sir: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&pgw_code=CW http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_produc... It seems to me, you just bought a crappy appliance. Go buy a better one. That will solve your problem; inaccurate ranting about energy efficiency efforts will not.