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Re:How Can We Stop the CO2 That Plants Store from Leaking Ba... by hannob on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:48PM (#35616479)
> Even though efficiency has improved, in 2016 California reported that just 1 hour of a gas-powered leaf blower was the equivalent of taking a Camry from LA to Denver.

That sounds like nonsense.

(FWIW I support banning gas-powered leaf blowers. But your claim is still bogus.)

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Re:How Can We Stop the CO2 That Plants Store from Leaking Ba... by sbaiddn on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @03:00PM (#35618399)
It is bogus, because the OP talks about "efficiency" therefore implying CO2 emissions (since energy is the product of making CO2). The OP has confounded the CO2 emissions and volatiles.

Where leaf blowers' emission fall apart is volatile organics.

Why do you support banning gas powered landscaping equipment? In cities like LA, sure. But how are utilities going to maintain brush around remote power lines without gas powered equipment?

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