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How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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The problem with gas-powered leaf blowers (wapo.st)
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A new report on the impacts of gas-powered lawn and garden equipment in Massachusetts estimated the devices generated more than 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide in 2020 — an amount equivalent to the pollution from about 135,000 standard cars.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it better to get rid of a working gas mower to buy electric? How about a snow blower?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I got rid of all gas power equipment a while ago and have no regrets but I have a small yard and do everything with hand tools (snow, raking, etc) except mowing and string trimming. I use corded, not battery, and while a cord is mildly annoying I never have to charge batteries and the mower and trimmer were both very affordable because of this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I wasn't sure. Everything metal went to the recycler, most of the rest was plastic or rubber but surprisingly little on a push mower that I couldn't recycle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Before switching to a fully mulched food forest garden, I used a Fiskars reel mower. For a lawn I'd consider a reel mower first, then an electric, then a scythe. There are free reel mowers on Craigslist from time to time.

How much snow do you get? We get 50 inches (127cm) of snow in winter and a shovel works fine for us.