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California looking to ban gas-powered lawnmowers, leaf blowers
- LinuxBender 7y agoI would have preferred a phased in requirement to make the engines more fuel efficient.
- matt-attack 7y agoCan't happen soon enough. I find is so ridiculous that my street is plagued by leaf blowers constantly. They not only create air pollution, but noise pollution. What makes it most egregious is that a simple broom/rake would suffice. I swear, I watch gardeners constantly blowing tiny amounts of clippings into a pile.
- mc32 7y agoThey are loud and they are annoying... But electrics (battery or corded, but esp battery powered) are insufficient for commercial (landscaping) purposes. They can’t carry hundreds of batteries to blow leaves from business parks. Cords would tangle and also be hazardous in trafficked areas... so gas is the best available solution in that use case. Does anyone know what landscapers are using in places where the ban has gone into effect?
- silon42 7y agoYou should cut your own lawn (or have kids/neighbours do it), or you don't deserve to have it. (Obviously, the solution is for the owner to provide the charged batteries).
- mc32 7y agoBig business parks with fall foliage need someone to take care of the leaves (slip hazard). They outsource that to landscapers (or whatever). Putting sockets to plug into for corded blowers is a no go. Battery powered systems are too limited to do that much work.
- matt-attack 7y agoOr how about... a broom & rake? (in re to leaf-blowers of course, not lawn mowers)
- mc32 7y agoIf you got a small yard maybe up to half acre, that works, but not for biz parks that I’m referring to.
- ecf 7y agoThen the biz parks need to hire more people to do the job! Under no circumstance should a business wanting a clean landscape overrule the peace and serenity of dozens, perhaps hundreds of people.
- magwa101 7y agoHow about a broom and rake to actually save some fn top soil??
- earlINmeyerkeg 7y agoHow about ban lawns in general? Their entire inception was devised because the bourgeoisie could flaunt the fact that they could afford to have land not be in use for food production. Yet the apologists in my area of people who just chant the praises of lawn maintenance is just absurd. It's a complete waste of time. Get a better hobby ffs...