A quick way to stop the use of cheap and unsafe products is to introduce legislation that has safety standards and a certification body like UL that they have to meet before they can be sold.

I totally agree that we have to put in some serious effort to make this a safe and workable thing. I’m not on the libertarian side of things where it’s like, “Pshh! Get the products out there and let the market figure it out!” because… I mean, geez, our housing situation is bad enough without burning down any more of them. But we do need the legislation to get us some movement. We’re more than a decade behind in this area, we’re losing more ground by the day, and our government is doing whatever illegal shit they can think of to try to stop it entirely, and we can’t afford this.