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No, I am not very concerned about lawn mower pollution at all.
No, as you well might if it were only you, alone in the world. But when you look at the combined actions of millions of people, it builds a very different picture.
And that's the essence of Green Living... taking the little personal steps that accumulate over time and which are multiplied by a large and growing population.
And to add a layer, the effects of reducing our footprint on the ecology of the planet might not even be tangible in our own lifetime, but we do the wise things anyway because we believe in leaving the best legacy we possibly can for the future.
It's a lot different perspective than just tending to your own affairs and ignoring the big picture.
Given how many people mow the lawn in the summer... and the fact that lawns themselves aren't even the most environmentally friendly thing around, I'm surprised here in 2014 that we still don't have any sort of mandated requirement to use a catalytic converter. Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the subject would chime in on the issue.
I'm a social libertarian of sorts who supports gun rights, owns multiple guns, supports marijuana legalization, etc. but also support common sense legislation to combat pollution, and I'd have no problem spending an extra 50-100 bucks to use a mower augmented with a converter... plus as a person who owns physical palladium and sees it as an attractive investment, I'd probably get my money back and then some... the amount of palladium used in each one is trivial, but adds up to a lot of ounces in a tight market.
In any case, I'd like to hear your opinions on the matter. Also if you have any opinions on 2 stroke boating engines which I also have issue with when it comes to lake pollution, and boating in general, feel free to chime in.
As moronic and overbearing as the EPA is, even they haven't proposed something this dumb and useless. How much gas is burned in a lawnmower over the course of a season? Maybe a gallon? Seems like a particularly senseless waste of money to add a cat-con, made with expensive, rare elements (that, by the way, have to be mined), to make at best a trivial difference to pollution.
Better would be to require them on private aircraft. They burn far more fuel and create far more pollution than every mower in the country.
I'm a little surprised that mower engines still have carbs on them, with the ethanol problems and all. Seems like they would have started putting a type of fuel injection on them by now.
That's why I only run straight gas in my small engines. Ethanol kills them and is not recommended.
I am totally against any pollution control devices on mowers - higher costs and something else to break. I'd rather see the birth rate/population control regulated in order to reduce pollution.
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