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   Asta [AMP] (aud@fire.asta.lgbt)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:41:50 JST Asta [AMP]

   • Les Orchard

   @lmorchard@hackers.town noisy and highly polluting! Nothing says "enjoying the great outdoors" like a deafening blast of unfiltered & partially combusted gasoline.

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     Steve Schwinghamer (sps@historians.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:41:49 JST Steve Schwinghamer

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     • Les Orchard

     @aud @lmorchard

     I apologize, as I post this link every few months when people complain about leaf blowers. It crystallized everything I hate about them into some clear metrics.

     https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-car-vs-truck-vs-leaf-blower.html

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     Asta [AMP] (aud@fire.asta.lgbt)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:42:13 JST Asta [AMP]

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     • Les Orchard
     • Steve Schwinghamer

     @sps@historians.social @lmorchard@hackers.town "Distilling the above results, the four-stroke Ryobi leaf blower kicked out 6.8 times more NOx, 13.5 times more CO and more than 36 times more NMHC than the Raptor.
     
     The two-stroke leaf blower was worse still, generating 23 times the CO and nearly 300 times more NMHC than the crew cab pickup. Let's put that in perspective. To equal the hydrocarbon emissions of about a half-hour of yard work with this two-stroke leaf blower, you'd have to drive a Raptor for 3,887 miles, or the distance from Northern Texas to Anchorage, Alaska."
     
     just to goddamn blow some fucking leaves into your neighbor's yard.

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     Steve Schwinghamer (sps@historians.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:42:22 JST Steve Schwinghamer

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     • Les Orchard

     @aud @lmorchard

     The sad part is the article is more than a decade old... and people are still running around with leaf blowers "cleaning up" properties.

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