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> “I was just reading how running a lawn mower for one hour creates the same amount of pollution as driving the average car for 350 miles,” Merda said. It’s a
by twobitshifter 5y ago
> “I was just reading how running a lawn mower for one hour creates the same amount of pollution as driving the average car for 350 miles,” Merda said.
It’s a quote but the author should have fact checked this since it’s the type of thing people will love to repeat. New lawnmowers are all 4 stroke and based on the quantity of gasoline consumed alone cannot produce as much emissions in terms of CO2 as a car driving 350 miles (unless it’s a Tesla). In terms of NOx and CO, the EPA added regulations in 2011 to reduce these emissions by 35%, and with those regulations followed followed it should be much lower than a car driving for 350 miles. And finally - electric lawnmowers are now very common.
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- captainmuon 5y agoAlso, if your lawn is not too huge, you can try out a spindle (mechanical) mower. They are much easier to push than I imagined and give a very clean cut since they work like scissors and don't just chop the grass off.
- rootusrootus 5y agoDo you mean reel mower? Those are pretty great, but they do need to be kept in good repair, clean, lubricated, and blades sharp. And you have to cut often enough so the grass doesn't get too tall. But for a small city lot they're pretty neat. We had one when I was growing up, but it was none of those things so it was mostly a great big PITA ;).
- captainmuon 5y agoYeah that's the right English term, thanks. I now have a modern, new one and it works much better than I remember them from my childhood. But you're right about the downsides, I occasionally have to use the electric mower when the grass becomes too tall.
- aporetics 5y agoIs any amount of combustion worth making your lawn pretty?