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BostonRich 10-13-2021 07:39 AM
You forgot to mention that the ban includes golf carts!
 
BTW - Lots of electricity is generated by coal.

B-flat 10-13-2021 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Mortal1 (Post 2016457)
*yawn* and the wacky people who love battery operated things rarely mention: a)where the electricity comes from(wind turbines and solar panels are not efficient enough to power squat)? b)what power do the companies use to mfr the batteries and mower? c)who mines the materials for mfr and what about their fuel? d)what you do when the batteries and mowers go kaput?

It's amazing to me that some folks just think electricity, mining and spent material just appear and disappear like magic. Very short sighted.

If this post is removed then whoever is making that decision just doesn't want facts to interfere with their narrative.
Great post, thank you! Hopefully before any of these whacky ideas are adopted mainstream I'll be dead! I venture to say most of us will.

jdulej 10-13-2021 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by BostonRich (Post 2016892)
BTW - Lots of electricity is generated by coal.
Hopefully less and less. Coal is a dead end.

Topspinmo 10-13-2021 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Kelevision (Post 2016264)
I LOVE California!!! Left Florida in ‘93 for southern CA. It’s still my home as well as TV. You can’t beat the weather in SoCal.
So, how water supply out there? I here it’s beginning to dry up due to all the expansion in desert, swimming pools, golf course, and green lawn. Las Vegas is probably in bigger trouble?

Topspinmo 10-13-2021 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by jdulej (Post 2016910)
Hopefully less and less. Coal is a dead end.

We will all be dead, before coal ends. :duck:

Topspinmo 10-13-2021 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 2016580)
my son just bought a million+ dollar house in South Pasadena....on a postage size lot, just like everybody else's tiny lot

for the size yard he has mow, an electric/battery mower would easily do the trick...as far as a leaf blower, that's another story.

electric leaf blowers are fine for a small job like clearing a driveway, but not for anything serious

I have a rechargeable leaf blower...I'm forever going to get the rake because I've gone through both batteries and I want to finish the job
Depends on size?

My EGO electric blower blows just as hard as gas blower when I push the turbo button. (but that burns through battery pretty quick). I can get 7.0 AL battery to last hour plus but battery $350 dollars or more, lasts about 5 years depending on how many times it’s charged up.

jdulej 10-13-2021 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2016934)
We will all be dead, before coal ends. :duck:
I'm sure you are correct. After all, you can still buy buggy whips today, but I don't recommend it as a growth industry.

MrFlorida 10-13-2021 05:23 PM
I wonder what the commercial landscapers will do, I don't think they make 48 inch electric mowers yet.

billlaur 10-13-2021 06:35 PM
here ir is
 
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Originally Posted by Dana1963 (Post 2016296)
It’s proposed to go into effect Jan 1 2024
Its only the sale of these items in the state, you will still be able to use them...So when this takes effect in 2024 just order from amazon..:a040:

tophcfa 10-13-2021 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2016936)
Depends on size?

My EGO electric blower blows just as hard as gas blower when I push the turbo button. (but that burns through battery pretty quick). I can get 7.0 AL battery to last hour plus but battery $350 dollars or more, lasts about 5 years depending on how many times it’s charged up.
I can’t agree with the comparison. I own a good quality electric blower for our small lot Villages home. On the regular setting it will blow dry debris from the driveway and on the turbo setting it will manage to blow debris that is damp. It struggles to blow wet leaves out of our gutters on the turbo setting. My Stihl 2 cycle blower that I use at our northern home will blow huge piles of soaking wet leaves and if I am not careful it will blow the rocks right off of the rock wall. I wouldn’t dare try to use the Stihl to clean the gutters because it would blow the shingles off the roof. The comparison is not even remotely close, the Stihl blows category 5 hurricane force winds out a small tube and is an absolutely amazing piece of equipment.

Topspinmo 10-13-2021 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2017158)
I can’t agree with the comparison. I own a good quality electric blower for our small lot Villages home. On the regular setting it will blow dry debris from the driveway and on the turbo setting it will manage to blow debris that is damp. It struggles to blow wet leaves out of our gutters on the turbo setting. My Stihl 2 cycle blower that I use at our northern home will blow huge piles of soaking wet leaves and if I am not careful it will blow the rocks right off of the rock wall. I wouldn’t dare try to use the Stihl to clean the gutters because it would blow the shingles off the roof. The comparison is not even remotely close, the Stihl blows category 5 hurricane force winds out a small tube and is an absolutely amazing piece of equipment.

Do you own EGO? I didn’t think so, might want Utube electric blower comparison’s.
So, you can’t feather the throttle to control air mass volume? I could with my stihl.

Topspinmo 10-13-2021 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jdulej (Post 2017106)
I'm sure you are correct. After all, you can still buy buggy whips today, but I don't recommend it as a growth industry.

Depends on it Amish life style takes off. :)

charmed59 10-14-2021 05:33 AM
When I moved to Los Altos, CA 30 years ago the town had already banned gas leaf blowers. Pockets of California have been moving away from gas powered yard equipment for decades. Landscapers adjusted.

DaleDivine 10-14-2021 06:13 AM
This would certainly put a lot yard maintenance workers here out of a job.
:boxing2::ohdear:

DaleDivine 10-14-2021 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Garywt (Post 2016334)
7 AM is super early. If I need to be up before 9:30-11:30 I need to set an alarm.
Our lawn guy hardly ever arrives before 9 A.M.
If I'm not out of bed by 5 A.M. my wife rolls over and asks me if I'm sick...
:bigbow::bigbow:


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