April 27, 2023
A man in unincorporated Antioch in Illinois was charged on Tuesday with shooting and killing his neighbor over a noisy leaf blower earlier this month. 59-year-old William Martys was working in his yard with a leaf blower when he was shot in the head and killed during an argument with his neighbor, 79-year-old Ettore Lacchei, who the Lake County Sheriff's Office said had "various perceived grievances" with Martys.
I switched all my lawn equipment over to electric over the past couple of years. The noise reduction has been great, and I don't have to smell 2 stroke gasoline in my garage (my stupid gas trimmer would drip too!). The up-front cost is higher for the battery powered ones, but it's worth it if you stick within one brand's ecosystem, so that you can share batteries. It takes me about 3 batteries to mow my lawn, and 2 batteries to blow the snow out of my driveway, which isn't a problem because I have 4 of them now. I don't have solar panels installed yet on the house, but once I do, I'll certainly be using them to power stuff in the garage, so that I can power my yard tools without relying on fossil fuels from any source. Electrification is great, because it makes it possible to go green on your energy inputs.
I drive forklifts for work. The electric ones are my favorites. They are quiet and much more precise. The gas ones all have a clutch. You gotta be real careful with that clutch or you can jump it while carrying a palette of 1000+ pounds. Meanwhile the electric ones are smooth as butter.
Way of the future. cough cough