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Originally Posted by huge-pigeons
I’ll never to these id$&! In California, or in DC, or NY and other states.
EV’s won’t be ready for prime time for another 1 to 2 decades. Range is low (it’s only 80% of what an EV states is their range), still takes 10 times longer to charge up compared to filling up with gas, not enough chargers, and battery technology is still hazardous waste when time for replacement. I know companies in the west that had to buy 2 EV semis to replace 1 diesel semi because the EV wouldn’t last the full day, so they have an EV semi charging ready to tackle the last 1/2 the day deliveries.
Battery powered leaf blowers are not there yet. There is no battery powered backpack leaf blower that can compete with the gas backpack blowers.
As for gas golf carts, they are quiet, you can’t smell them, long range, and gas is available. My gas cart will outlast an EV golf cart’s battery and it will cost $3000-$4000 to replace the lithium battery in a golf cart plus it’s hazardous waste, dirtying up our water supply.
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I imagine that some people will enjoy the bigger hurricanes each year. And others will enjoy the dead corral reefs in Florida and the world. Some will enjoy the future disappearance of the polar bear. Some will NEVER make (or care) about the connection between internal combustion gasoline engines and extinct animal species. Personally, I DO. I prefer to help nature whenever possible, so I avoid things like gas powered blowers. It is hard to appreciate nature or even your backyard when you are surrounded by the LOUD noise of riding mowers with their mufflers removed and gasoline golf carts with engines over-revving to exceed 20 MPH. Everyone is in such a hurry to go relax somewhere. Many mornings in TV land the noise reminds me of a steel mill where I once had the misfortune to work. So, yes, all these things relate to my decision to NOT buy a gasoline powered blower. Call me backward, but my leaf rake has NEVER cause pain in my eardrum and it has never SMELLED of unnecessary chemicals.