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First they came for your gas cans. Now they are coming for your generators. I will say, gas powered leaf blowers and edgers are so polluting it's horrible. Elec
by post_break 5y ago
First they came for your gas cans. Now they are coming for your generators. I will say, gas powered leaf blowers and edgers are so polluting it's horrible. Electric battery powered is so much better but I feel for the landscape people. That is such a huge burden for them. You need to have so many batteries and chargers to make it a full day.
- kragen 5y agoDid they come for your gas cans? What do you mean?
- hackernews777 5y ago
- post_break 5y agoThe EPA banned normal gas cans in 2009, it's why you spill gas everywhere trying to use the new ones with the ventless design. https://fee.org/articles/the-epic-failure-of-the-government-gas-can/ https://fee.org/articles/the-epic-failure-of-the-government-...
- derekp7 5y agoI'm sure the comment meant "cars", not "cans". However, my old gas can from more than 20 years ago worked perfectly fine. But as for any one I've acquired over the last couple decade, I can't use them fill my lawn mower (or my car gas tank) without spilling gas all over the place. The valves built into the spout can only open when you tip the can upside down and put pressure from the spout onto the tank, and for whatever reason it ends up spilling all over. And I'm not the only one who has complained about this. Big improvement in safety there, when gas ends up all over the ground instead of in the designated tank.
- function_seven 5y agoGas can sold in California have this insane mechanism on the nozzle to ostensibly prevent vapor escaping and spillage. Except when trying to use the damn things for their purpose, the nozzle ends up dribbling gas if you don't do it just right. (To be fair, I think these are improving though.) They're complex and, in my opinion, counterproductive to their goal.