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(Edited) I assume you mean: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/banks.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/document

by tpmx 6y ago

(Edited) I assume you mean: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/banks.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents... (2015) "All Nonroad sources account for approximately 242 million tons of pollutants each year, accounting for 17% of all VOC missions, 12% of NOx emissions, 29% of CO emissions, 4% of CO2 emissions, 2% of PM10 emissions, and 5% of PM2.5 emissions." What's "Nonroad" isn't clearly defined here, so I assume it's quite a lot more than "Gas-powered blowers".

porb121 6y ago
page 7 and figure 2, "GLGE represented nearly 4% of All Emissions of VOCs and 12% of All Emissions of CO"
- tpmx 6y ago
  Carbon Monoxide (CO) does not cause climate change. (https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2291/fourteen-years-of-carbon-monoxide-from-mopitt/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2291/fourteen-years-of-carbon-...) It's dangerous to humans in closed spaces, but that's not where leaf blowers are operated. (And yes, I also hate them, but that's not he point.)
  - porb121 6y ago
    i did not say anything about climate change
    - tpmx 6y ago
      So then I can only assume you included the carbon monoxide number because it was ... large?
      - porb121 6y ago
        it's a pollutant, and the primary pollutant of gas lawn equipment.
maxerickson 6y ago
It includes boat motors. I expect the non-particulate emissions are dominated by 2 stroke motors (well, other than CO₂).