deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them] to badposting • 4 months agoNew rule: use of a leaf blower should be considered a war crimemessage-squaremessage-square21 fedilinkarrow-up156file-text
arrow-up156message-squareNew rule: use of a leaf blower should be considered a war crimedeforestgump [he/him, comrade/them] to badposting • 4 months agomessage-square21 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHexBroke [any, comrade/them]hexbear4·4 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? link
minus-squaremacerated_baby_presidents [he/him]hexbear7·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. link
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.