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Re:Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf bl... by tpmx on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:13PM (#26360819)
Carbon Monoxide (CO) does not cause climate change. (https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2291/fourteen-years-of-carbon-...)

It's dangerous to humans in closed spaces, but that's not where leaf blowers are operated. (And yes, I also hate them, but that's not he point.)

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Re:Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf bl... by porb121 on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:20PM (#26360895)
i did not say anything about climate change
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Re:Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf bl... by tpmx on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:53PM (#26361263)
So then I can only assume you included the carbon monoxide number because it was ... large?
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Re:Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf bl... by porb121 on Friday March 05, 2021 @05:06PM (#26362754)
it's a pollutant, and the primary pollutant of gas lawn equipment.
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