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My next lawnmower is definitely going to be electric, the rest of my tools already are, I like to think that I’ll get an electric car some day too, but they are still pretty pricey.
My electric utility gave me a $75 dollar rebate when I bought an electric mower. Worth checking if you end up buying one.
We have solar but found another option, push reel mowers was perfect for our small yard. It’s a bit more of effort if the grass is tall (we have UC Verde drought tolerant grass so I let it grow out to cut down on watering) but I don’t ever have to worry about batteries or gas/fumes/noise. Plus I get a workout and it was basically the only type of mower that’s still made domestically.
Can attest the Amish-made ones are built like tanks and run smooth (provided the grass is on the shorter side)
would guess this would also be a good demographic for related environmental pushes: “No Mow May”, “Food, Not Lawns”, native lawns and landscaping (even better, native species protected from HOAs), front-yard food gardens, …
Exactly. Getting rid of the lawn altogether is the first step. Plant more trees, grow a garden, plant native plants for pollinators.
Having a big yard full of grass that you need an ICE powered by fossil fuels to maintain is soulless insanity.
I’ve carved up my lawn to plant trees and native plants beds, but still have sections that are grass. It’s a great play space for the kids, and with the trees there’s enough shade to really limit the amount of irrigation necessary during the worst of the summer. Point is, lawns aren’t inherently bad, their extent and how you manage them are what matter most.
Don’t cut so close to that dog!
It makes sense that the things you have more physical relationships with like stoves or lawn equipment would make people think about other items. You get a central heatpump to replace your central air heat/ac and you can quickly forget anything is different outside of a slight noise reduction
Wouldn’t adding a cable and avoiding the environmental impact of batteries be better? In some countries lawn equipment has been electric but connected to an outlet for decades.
Mains power in the us is lacking. It works but t power is clearly missing. who cares that the battery takes a long time to charge, you only need it for an hour a day (not even every day) so a battery works well and is always charged without worry about gas or cords.
The cable has environmental impact from copper mining and smelting, and can be impractical for larger lawns.
