[HN Gopher] Gas-powered leaf blowers: the most polluting machine...
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       Gas-powered leaf blowers: the most polluting machinery still in
       legal use
        
       Author : MilnerRoute
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-10-03 18:54 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | GaryTang wrote:
       | Electric leaf blowers utilize non-renewable rare earth metals,
       | should we outlaw those too?
        
         | guilhas wrote:
         | Exactly, gas-powered anything should be more than an acceptable
         | solution during the transition from petrol/diesel/coal to
         | electric
        
         | belorn wrote:
         | If Electric leaf blowers was the biggest consumer of rare earth
         | metals for every hour of usage, then we would likely have an
         | issue with those.
         | 
         | Leaf blowers could do what boat motors have been mostly forced
         | to do and switch over to four-stroke motors. Motors have
         | emission standards to follow. Battery manufacturers has
         | environment laws to follow and if they produce products that
         | fall below the minimum standard then they have to improve their
         | product or be banned from selling their products.
        
         | rascul wrote:
         | Are you referring to batteries?
        
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       | cdot2 wrote:
       | The headline is sort of misleading. The article is about two
       | stroke engines. Not specifically leaf blowers.
        
         | JudasGoat wrote:
         | The picture showed landscapers using 4 stroke Stihl blowers.
         | Much quieter as well as less air polution.
        
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