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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 1 month ago

Gas-powered leaf blowers are being banned across US

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Gas-powered leaf blowers are being banned across US

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 1 month ago
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Bans on this landscaping tool are spreading around the US: See where
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A number of states and cities are banning gas-powered leaf blowers due to pollution, noise and health risk concerns.
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    Pollution inefficient, higher maintenance, Loud.

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      I thought the noise was mainly due to the air

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        What?

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          I didn’t think the engine was the loudest part, but air friction and shit being the loud part

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            Air friction?

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