[MCN] Hey, we can do this, right?

[Lance Olsen]

How bad for the environment are gas-powered leaf blowers? - The ... <https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-bad-for-the-environment-are-gas-powered-leaf-blowers/2013/09/16/8eed7b9a-18bb-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-bad-for-the-environment-are-gas-powered-leaf-blowers/2013/09/16/8eed7b9a-18bb-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html <https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-bad-for-the-environment-are-gas-powered-leaf-blowers/2013/09/16/8eed7b9a-18bb-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html>
Sep 16, 2013 ... In leaf blowers, two-stroke engines have been shown to emit contaminants comparable to large automobiles. A 2011 test by the car experts at ...
That Ear-Splitting Leaf Blower? It Also Emits More Pollution Than a Car <https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-ear-splitting-leaf-blower-it-also-emits-more-pollution-than-a-car-1513346400>
https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-ear-splitting-leaf-blower-it-also-emits-more-pollution-than-a-car-1513346400 <https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-ear-splitting-leaf-blower-it-also-emits-more-pollution-than-a-car-1513346400>
Dec 15, 2017 ... Which raises an interesting question: How much pollution does a leaf blower emit ? The short answer is more than a car, a truck or any other ...

Can we replace leafblowers with rakes? And snowblowers with shovels?

Can we give up electric razors? 

Can we put lawn machines in storage, and instead rely on the hand-pushed lawnmower? 

Can we still find happiness without requiring more and more mining for copper, cobalt, and lithium for more and more smartphones ?

Can we still find it possible to mix tomato-based pasta sauce with hand tools? 

Can we mash potatoes with hand tools?

Or open a can without an electric can opener, or a garage door without an electric door opener?

Can we shop in a grocery store that’s cut it’s own energy consumption by lowering the ceiling, and by relinquishing its gaudy outdoor storefront lighting? 

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Genesis. 7. [17] Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh,  ….  ; 
that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 …a man hath no preeminence above a beast; for all is vanity.
 


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