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I'd ban them base on just noise alone
by m3kw9 1y ago
I'd ban them base on just noise alone
- olyjohn 1y agoThen you'll have to bad electric ones too. Because they are also loud as shit.
- mingus88 1y agoBoth systems essentially rotate a fan and that noise will never go away But if you are trying to equate the noise of a few 4-stroke gas engines with that of brushless electric motors then I don’t think you are acting in good faith
- onewheeltom 1y agoLeaf blowers are normally 2 stroke which are noisier than 4 stroke and they generate more pollution
- plorkyeran 1y agoElectric leaf blowers are still loud, but there's a 10-20 dB difference.
- ignu 1y agoI'd gladly suffer the indignity of stepping on a few leaves if I didn't have to listen to an hour of blaring leaf-blower every Tuesday morning.
- xnx 1y agoLeaf litter is also where juvenile lightning bugs live. Less leaf litter = less lightning bugs.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Leaf litter is also where juvenile lightning bugs live Also various species of bumblebee and fledgling birds, from magpies to owls.
- Macha 1y agoIs that a worse problem than hours of leaf blower noise? I googled and apparently it's another name for fireflies and on my list of insects that cause problems, fireflies don't make the list.
- mingus88 1y agoInsect populations are dying out and it’s a huge problem we don’t talk enough about. People are calling out fireflys because they are (were) very visible but it’s a problem for every species. We are replacing native plants with low pile outdoor carpet in the suburbs, and dousing everything else in pesticide
- xnx 1y agoI mean to discourage people from blowing away their leaves. Less leaf blowing may also result in more lightning bugs / fireflies, which many people enjoy.