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"People are circumventing a law that attempts to protect the environment, therefore we shouldn't even bother". Yes, of course people will always look for ways
by grecy 5y ago
"People are circumventing a law that attempts to protect the environment, therefore we shouldn't even bother".
Yes, of course people will always look for ways around a law.. but if even 50% can't be bothered to go around it, that will be an enormous reduction in emissions.
- nemo44x 5y agoBut look at zoning in CA and the infinite logjam of traffic on the highways. I hardly doubt leaf blowers make anywhere near a dent policies that a really affect people’s lives would. It’s a joke really.
- grecy 5y agoLook elsewhere in this thread, your gut feeling is very, very wrong: "To equal the hydrocarbon emissions of about a half-hour of yard work with this two-stroke leaf blower, you'd have to drive a Ford Raptor for 3,887 miles, or the distance from Northern Texas to Anchorage, Alaska" https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-car-vs-truck-vs-leaf-blower.html https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-...
- nemo44x 5y agoBut you can use them. And even if they banned use the scale is so small and unimportant compared to what zoning laws could change. It’s theatre.
- goodpoint 5y agoNo: you ban the *use* rather than the *sale*