Fewer Gas Powered Garden Tools

User: cardenas.mario@icloud.com

Vendor: Drive Green - Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Action: 2656 - Switch to Electric Lawn Equipment

I cannot emphasize enough my joy at not handling gasoline for outdoor power equipment. First, the bad news: We still have a gas-powered chain saw and snow blower. And we have a gas powered generator for emergencies. BUT we've replaced our lawnmower and weed wacker with electric equivalents and purchased an electric leaf blower. The electric tools perform as well or better than their fossil fuel counterparts, without the hassle, smell, and use of gasoline. Attach battery and off you go. No spills, no noxious fumes. I know that 2-cycle engines are particularly bad polluters which is why the chainsaw is next to go electric. The electric tools also operate much more quietly--something I'd like to point out to the lawn services still using gas-powered equipment and the racket they inflict. I look forward to the day, hopefully soon, when we will be entirely electric in all our power equipment.