deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoNew rule: use of a leaf blower should be considered a war crimemessage-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareNew rule: use of a leaf blower should be considered a war crimedeforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHexBroke [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months ago Simplest benchmark: running a leafblower for 30 minutes creates more emissions than driving a F-150 pickup truck 3800 miles I am struggling to understand this - a leaf blower goes through 160 gallons of fuel every 30 minutes?
minus-squaremacerated_baby_presidents [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 months agoNo. Small engines are very dirty and emit more pollutants per gallon of fuel. An F-150 has a thousand dollars of catalytic converter and other emissions control devices.
I am struggling to understand this - a leaf blower goes through 160 gallons of fuel every 30 minutes?
No. Small engines are very dirty and emit more pollutants per gallon of fuel. An F-150 has a thousand dollars of catalytic converter and other emissions control devices.