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Any spa that has to make wholesale changes to meet these standards and has to raise prices was probably an energy pig in the first place. The last thing the consumer needs in the continued practice of a spa company saving $ by skimping on insulation and promising at the point of sale that their insulation method is great (and it has a fancy name too).
... Consumers will dictate the market. If consumers care what kind of MPG they get in a car, then they will buy on that issue. If, as a consumer, I want to buy a car with 500 hp that gets 8 mpg, I should not be penalized for being able to afford it. And a company should not be penalized for making it available. That is not an issue for the government to decide. That is an issue for the market to decide...
I thought that $4 gas, the housing crisis, stock prices, unemployment, golden parachutes, etc has made it pretty clear that the market needs a little help. The current administration, the next, and even the challenger agreed that leaving "the Market to decide" failed. Reasonable regulation helps, but the question is where is the line.