Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce...
by gruez on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:33PM
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>There might be better bang for the buck by starting with the more highly polluting things. Other than CO2, things like leaf blowers are _vastly_ worse than cars.
You also need to multiply that effect by how many cars are active versus how many leaf blowers are active. On a per-household basis, you might be racking up 1.5 car-hours per day:
(2 commuters × 30 minute average commute × 2 commutes per day × (5 working days in each 7 day week) + some arbitrary amount to account for weekend/non-commuting trips
On the other hand, how often are you using a leaf blower? Maybe every time you cut the grass? Suppose you do it once a month and each time you blow for 30 minutes. That works out to 0.0167 hours per day, or 90 times less. And this is all assuming that everyone even bothers using a leaf blower. Maybe I live in a ghetto area, but I'd estimate that less than 1 in 10 houses uses a leafblower.
You also need to multiply that effect by how many cars are active versus how many leaf blowers are active. On a per-household basis, you might be racking up 1.5 car-hours per day:
On the other hand, how often are you using a leaf blower? Maybe every time you cut the grass? Suppose you do it once a month and each time you blow for 30 minutes. That works out to 0.0167 hours per day, or 90 times less. And this is all assuming that everyone even bothers using a leaf blower. Maybe I live in a ghetto area, but I'd estimate that less than 1 in 10 houses uses a leafblower.