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Old 04-23-2012, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Dirigo View Post
What about all the exhaust from the lawn mowers, edgers, and leaf blowers used in TV? Aren't they worse polluters than gas golf carts?

Pehaps a new business start-up could cut lawns with an old fashioned people-powered reel mower and rake lawns and sweep driveways and walkways? They could also compost the clippings and leaves.

Of course the price for all that manual labor would be quite high compared to the way it is being done now, but there may be a business opportunity catrering to those who are concerned about their carbon footprint.
and you have to give up eating beef since cows arguably have the worst carbon footprint of food animals.....oh no not my burgers!!
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