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Re:Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect by bryanlarsen on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @09:21AM (#46512593)
They shouldn't be underpowered. Small electric motors are way more powerful per mass/volume than small gas motors. You'd have to use a backpack mounted battery pack, but contractors are already doing that.
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Re:Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect by boringg on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @10:32AM (#46513550)
Have they started doing that? I haven't seen the backpack mounted version in use in the wild.

I haven't seen any electric blowers get to the same capability in the contractor market segment. Prosumer -- for sure no problems there.

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Re:Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect by bryanlarsen on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:30AM (#46514471)
Perhaps not. Businesses are way more conservative than consumers when adopting new tech, so there will be little demand at the beginning. And with little demand, there's little supply. Laws like the headline will break this chicken/egg problem.
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