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Offline rangerrebew

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Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to spread.
« on: April 30, 2023, 07:03:43 am »

Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to spread.
Story by Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY • 1h ago

DENVER – Your lawn may be the next climate change battleground. And parks. And playgrounds.

Regulators and clean-air advocates are increasingly eyeing the pollution emitted by small gasoline engines used to power lawn mowers and leaf blowers as they seek to blunt climate change. Advocates say using a commercial gas leaf blower for an hour produces emissions equal to driving from Denver to Los Angeles.

Among cities and states with bans or limits: California; Burlington, Vermont; Vancouver, Canada; and Washington, D.C.

While many critics first attacked the small engines for the noise they make, experts say these small two-stroke engines release shockingly large amounts of pollution – two problems that modern and increasingly affordable electric-powered equipment solves.

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Re: Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to sprea
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2023, 07:04:43 am »
But snow blowers are okay?  Hmmm. :pondering:
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Re: Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to sprea
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2023, 05:54:42 pm »
Ranger asks:
"But snow blowers are okay?"

I wonder if the ban on small gas engines up in Burlington, VT also applies to snow throwers? My hunch is that they excepted those.

Burlington's up north in VT, and without snow throwers folks are gonna be shoveling A LOT of snow in winter -- certainly enough to be life-threatening to some older folks...
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Re: Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to sprea
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2023, 05:59:40 pm »
So we're supposed to get sheep to keep our lawns in check? Where the heck am I to put them, in the guest bedroom?
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Re: Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to sprea
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2023, 06:08:29 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on April 30, 2023, 05:59:40 pm
So we're supposed to get sheep to keep our lawns in check? Where the heck am I to put them, in the guest bedroom?

Which would be better, sheep or goats?? 
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Re: Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to sprea
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2023, 06:14:19 pm »
The Left will pick off all internal combustion engines one by one. It’s how they operate with anything on their agenda.
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Re: Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to sprea
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2023, 06:27:13 pm »
Screw going Electric.  Instead of growing grass I'll grow grass.
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Re: Gas leaf blowers and lawn mowers are shockingly bad for the planet. Bans are beginning to sprea
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2023, 06:40:04 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on April 30, 2023, 06:08:29 pm
Which would be better, sheep or goats??

Sheep. The only way to keep goats in a pen is if it is water tight.
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