I'll call you on that. There is NO WAY a mower in one hour can equal a 1600 mile car trip. The mower would burn its tank, which is what, 1/4 gallon or 1/2 gallon? A car would burn about 4 tank fulls for the average car, give or take, about 80 gallons.
Do the math, that claim is way over the top.
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Originally Posted by djugurba
Small engines like lawnmowers and leaf blowers pollute far more than cars.
When I lived in Georgia I worked with the Department of Natural Resources on a few projects. They did a presentation for our program during which this alarming stat was shared: The average lawnmower puts out the same amount of pollutants in one hour of mowing as the average car would put out driving from Atlanta to Dallas... and back.
I'm glad it's finally on the radar.
It's sad that it's a political issue.
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