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Leaf blowers are seriously fucked up. http://www.nonoise.org/quietnet/cqs/leafblow.htm http://www.nonoise.org/quietnet/cqs/leafblow.htm

• Groxx 13y ago
  "Leaf blower motors are inordinately large emitters of CO, NOx, HC, and PM according to a study conducted for the ARB (5). Two-stroke engine fuel is a gasoline-oil mixture, thus especially toxic. Particles from combustion are virtually all smaller than PM2.5. According to the Lung Association, a leaf blower causes as much smog as 17 cars." Yeah, it's things like that that make me wish we could just outright ban all two-stroke engines. See also those gas scooters that occasionally go by - it's incredible how much stink they produce (and conversely, how incredibly clean-burning cars are now). At least there aren't too many of them.
  • elnate 13y ago
    Modern two stroke engines are a lot cleaner than the old ones.
    • Groxx 13y ago
      And still massively dirtier than a four-stroke or electric (when including pollution cost of creating the electricity, storage/transfer losses, etc). They've already been banned on many waterways due to excessive pollution. Why not elsewhere?