olafurp ,

What about just using electricity? No need to rake.

huginn ,

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.

LemmyIsFantastic ,

What a bunch of whiney nosey bastards. 1984 shit.

aelwero ,

These small devices also leak formaldehyde

Anytime I see this cited, I summarily dismiss the entirety of the article in question.

Why? Because you know what produces formaldehyde? Humans do.

So does a leaf blower produce less formaldehyde than the mouth breather in the break room at work? More than a Taylor Swift concert? Can't tell without numbers... If you're just gonna say that leaf blowers should be banned because formaldehyde, are you also suggesting genocide?

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