They work well in small yards (very small), but Beyond that you’re talking multiple sessions of work as it charges.
Imo that’s the hurdle for green tech. Great for public transit which is consistent, but difficult for large land which is less developed. You want to leave both options available. Imo id use electric if I could, but I can’t where I’m at
They aren't battery powered but corded which makes them light and cheap. Not many people have lawns longer than 40m or so or whatever the extension cables max out as.
I actually prefer this. It forces me to take breaks, which prevents me from over-working myself when left to my own devices.
It also neatly defuses any toxic family expectations about not taking any breaks until the job is done. "Can't. Battery died." :)
This works great if you can do a lawn in 2-4 sessions. I agree you need something different for even larger lawns, but at that scale you're already looking at a lawn tractor or zero-turn (which can also be electrified).
But if you have something bigger, then this works:
https://egopowerplus.com.au/zero-turn-riding-mower-zt4204e-l/
There are other options than “fossil fuels” and “dangerous electric cords”.
The liberals wanted an exception for cars, where even most of the carmakers have pledged not to sell ICE cars. It's just nonsense.
You are right, of course. I knew that but my wording was a bit misleading:
>> but don’t want the government to prohibit combustion engines
That does not change the argument, however: The government should take a neutral stance, even when the private sector believes electric cars are the way to go.
> The liberals wanted an exception for cars, where even most of the carmakers have pledged not to sell ICE cars. It's just nonsense.
From another perspective prohibition of ICE cars is even more silly when most car makers actually don't want to build them anymore -- because this act then becomes merely a symbolic gesture and does not have any impact non the environment anyway. So no reason to hate the FDP for its move.
No. They are losing support as their voter base are more right leaning but currently support a center left government. Tactically, that’s a tricky situation to be in.
And, no, they didn’t promise „fancy technology“ to solve all problems. They actively support monetary and regulatory climate change mitigations. However, as Germany’s only classical liberal party they want the government to take a mostly neutral stance on _how_ we mitigate climate change meaning technology decisions should be done by the private sector. That’s why they are actually in favor of carbon taxation and emissions trading (both of which happen to be already a reality for years in Germany) but don’t want the government to prohibit combustion engines.
While it is unclear what future role such engines play in private transport, there might be many niches where they are necessary: For generators, lawn mowers (because you don’t want a have cable dangling close rotating knives), agricultural machines and possibly trucks.
And that’s why I do think it is actually a reasonable point of view.