Not sure but I'd like to make sure that such a decisions are made for the right reasons and if were me I'd insist a new form of suction power was used rather than electrical power. Dyson use air watts not sure why other componies don't do the same. youd'd have thought the EU would bring something like that in a real comparision. But lets think about this it'll take 27 countires to agree on this and they'd have to have quite a few meeting in plush hotels, they won't decide by a simple cheap email or ballot voting.
So why don't the EU do someothing useful in comparing such things rather than ban something just on comsumption of power.
Well I guess 3.1KW is reasnable any higher could be dangerous in the UK. Not sure how the kettle in the USA deal with this.
I'd have to know them to judge such a thing although I could judge by their actions. Few polititions are stupid they are usually far more inteligent than those calling them stupid.
and what you're sucking of coure.
of course that also depends on how you meauser the efficincy. How would you compare a broom with a vacuum ?
You know people leanrt to clean before teh invention of the vacumm so they are far from essential products.