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The Movement to 'Make America Rake Again' (reasonstobecheerful.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The global warming impact of leaf blowing and other gas powered yard care is actually staggering. Those 2 stroke engines are awful in terms of efficiency and the partial combustion releases gases hundreds of times more potent than CO2.

Blowing your yard can be a bigger CO2 impact than commuting 2 hours a day. The article states 1100 miles worth of driving. I've seen estimates saying 30 minutes of blowing your yard is the equivalent of driving a f150 from Alaska to Texas.

Electric leaf blowers are the only real solution and it needs to be federal legislation.