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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
Not only is the breathing in of polluted gas exhaust a bad thing for human health. And the smaller engine vehicles like GOLF CARTS, lawnmowers, and gas blowers produce a GREAT amount of bad air to breathe. The CO2 rises and hurts humans again by warming the planet (like we experienced this summer in the entire southern half of the US).
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There is EVEN another nuisance irritating factor caused by large and small ICE engine devices.......NOISE. Noise is more detrimental to human health than is generally realized. And The Villages is the king of MEGA NOISE. Everywhere I went today, from the pickleball court to the softball field and back home........I was serenaded by the constant WHINE of high VOLUME grass cutting, limb cutting, and trimming ICE small engine NOISE. It was irritating. It would be a nice rule that the landscaping workers in The Villages would be required to use quieter battery-powered landscaping equipment. I don't think that it is too much to ask for a Community this large to be able to think about the concept of NOISE and its harmful effects. Not every old person here is deaf. We have many Doctors here in The Villages that could CONFIRM harmful effects of noise.
........When we are talking about EVs versus ICE engine vehicles and small engines, I think NOISE is a factor to consider.
.....And also the landscaping workers would NOT be exposed to such high NOISE that will cause them to lose hearing capacity in a few years.