gas blowers & weed wackers

Ahhhh the weed wacker is at it again. We have no grass on/at the complex, so I'm not sure what he wacks every monday for an hour. Next his partner will blow, well again I'm not sure what but he'll run the blower around underneath the carport while the third and final member of the troupe will hose down the deck.

All they suceed in doing is blowing dust from the ground onto the cars. One afternoon I returned home to find my freshly washed motorcycle glazed in particulate matter.



L.A. Looks to Cut Smog with Leaf Blower Trade-In
Rob Schmitz
NPR

Day to Day, May 12, 2006 · Cars tend to be the usual suspects when it comes to the ubiquitous smog in Los Angeles. But another sneaky contributor is quietly doing its damage, too: leaf blowers. Now the regional pollution control agency is offering newer, cleaner and quieter leaf blowers to anyone who wants to trade in their old one.

Factoids:

One gas blower expells as much pollution as eighty, one & a half ton automobiles

The trade in program will reduce an estimated 114 tons of pollutants

The new blowers are 14% quieter and 5 times cleaner than older 2 stroke engines