We Americans are crazy about our lawns. We like them to be 100% green and weed free. And we are willing to spend a lot of money to obtain this result. At least we strive for this result; most lawns that I see have weeds and are are brown this time of year.
The truth sometimes hurts and the truth is that there really is a problem with the lawn mowers that we have been using to keep our lawns nicely manicured. A lawn mower looks so small and innocent that is hard to take this matter seriously. But the truth appears to be that lawn mowers, and other gas powered lawn equipment, are collectively major polluters.
Case in point: according to a CNN report, in a single day Southern California's lawn tools spew out more pollution than all the aircraft in the Los Angeles area. A single gas powered mower puts out more poison than 73 new cars. And according to sources cited by the EPA, one gas powered lawn mower pollutes as much in one hour as does an automobile driven for 350 miles. That is serious air pollution.
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2007 San Diego Lawn Mower Trade-In
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