[Summit] Fwd: yard service without leaf blowers

[Brian Sullivan]

That's great.  I love it.  My undergraduate degree is environmental science
and ten years ago I remember learning about the level of pollution emitted
from lawnmowers.  Lawnmowers, leaf blowers, weed whackers, golf carts...
They all have human powered alternatives.  And the bonus is that human power
makes you stronger.  A healthier, smarter society.  What's not to like?

Brian


On 9/1/07, libertyliterary at cox.net <libertyliterary at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Believe it or not, I found this quite exciting.
> Actually, as the director of the organization
> Toxics Information Project (TIP), I was
> especially pleased to see the information
> about pollution from the gas-powered
> blowers.  I assume that, like golf carts,
> they are not subject to any clean air
> regulation .  (The latter make me sick
> when they go by, never mind riding in
> them).
>
> Thank you so much, Brian, for sharing
> this.  I will be excerpting from the article
> in my upcoming TIP Fall newsletter!
>
> By the way, I think the ultimate solution
> will be lots of electric-powered gadgets
> powered by solar photovoltaic and
> advanced, more environmentally
> friendly batteries.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Liberty G
>
> ---- Brian Sullivan <sulliv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> I was emailing with a friend about leaf blowers, (as exciting as that
> sounds), and he sent me these two links.
>
> Brian
> Tenth Street
>
> http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/09/68885
>
> http://www.nonoise.org/quietnet/cqs/leafblow.htm
>
>
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