Your thoughts on Cash for Clunkers.... Lawn Mower Style?

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

Spending your money, so you will spend more money.

If you have good batteries such as A123 cells, they are much more environmentally friendly than burning gas, they should have a very long life in a lawn mower app. Lawn mowers are BAD for polluting.

I think its true on an individual basis, that mower engines are not very clean, but still seems small apples to me. How many mowers are out there creating hoardes of pollution? I use maybe 2 gals of gas all yr.

Meanwhile, the giant cargo ships that ferry the worlds goods about are some of the largest polluters on earth, and there are almost no standards or movement towards upgrading them. Its been estimated that the 15 largest ships pollute more than all the cars in the world combined. (in regards to NOx and SOx)

Mowers seems pretty low on the food chain to me.

[zeropointbug]

Agreed that it's small apples. I get a headache often when mowing the lawn, either from the noise or the fact that it's burning oil. (I also have 5 acres to mow with push mower) I say why not, as you are directly breathing in that exhaust fumes just a few feet away. With my retrofitted electric mower, I don't get headaches anymore and I don't have the noticeable oily film on my skin afterwards. I enjoy cutting the grass now!

Plus, I don't know about you guys, but my mowers only last at most 3 years, so an electric mower with a good battery pays for itself. Plus as a gas engine ages, they produce more and more emissions, burn oil, etc.

Here is an article about 1 hour of cutting grass is equal to 100 mile car ride.

http://www.infobarrel.com/Lawn_Mower...to_Change_That

I can't remember the thread but I have mentioned the 15 largest ship thing as well... pretty crazy huh.

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

Agreed that it's small apples. I get a headache often when mowing the lawn, either from the noise or the fact that it's burning oil. (I also have 5 acres to mow with push mower) I say why not, as you are directly breathing in that exhaust fumes just a few feet away. With my retrofitted electric mower, I don't get headaches anymore and I don't have the noticeable oily film on my skin afterwards. I enjoy cutting the grass now!

Plus, I don't know about you guys, but my mowers only last at most 3 years, so an electric mower with a good battery pays for itself. Plus as a gas engine ages, they produce more and more emissions, burn oil, etc.

Here is an article about 1 hour of cutting grass is equal to 100 mile car ride.

http://www.infobarrel.com/Lawn_Mower...to_Change_That

I can't remember the thread but I have mentioned the 15 largest ship thing as well... pretty crazy huh.

hehe, if I had 5 acres of grass to mow I'd get a nice ride-on mower with a beer holder. I've mowed my fair share as a kid, of 5acres is way too much.

Maybe I'd just get some goats. IDK. Let them work eating the grass during the day, and then rent them out to the preverts at night. Mo Money, Mo Goats, No Grass, No Problem. :P


That's what the Cali org should have done (minus the goat pimping) Goats are biodegradable, renewable and easier to recycle anyway.
Could have then fed the goats to the unemployed people going hungry and saved some money on the food stamps.

Goats: Fertilizing the road to economic recovery.

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by Finnster

hehe, if I had 5 acres of grass to mow I'd get a nice ride-on mower with a beer holder. I've mowed my fair share as a kid, of 5acres is way too much.

Couldn't agree more. I nice 22hp job with a sun screen and beer holder and I could mow all day!

Originally Posted by Finnster

Maybe I'd just get some goats. IDK. Let them work eating the grass during the day, and then rent them out to the preverts at night. Mo Money, Mo Goats, No Grass, No Problem. :P


That's what the Cali org should have done (minus the goat pimping) Goats are biodegradable, renewable and easier to recycle anyway.
Could have then fed the goats to the unemployed people going hungry and saved some money on the food stamps.

Goats: Fertilizing the road to economic recovery.

That's what the state did on an island across from my lake house. The herd kept the 10 acre island nice and tidy plus they ate the trash campers left.