Alternatives to gas-powered mowers
Posted August 25, 2007 11:00 pm
Spring brings bird song, but also the less welcome buzz of lawn mowers at work.
Noisy gas-powered mower engines are energy-inefficient and contribute to greenhouse gases, small-particle pollution and health problems, The Green Guide says in the current issue of its consumer newsletter.
Electric lawn mowers produce less than 1 percent of the smog-contributing carbon monoxide that gas mowers put out, tend to be quieter than gas equivalents, and have 10-year operating costs that are less than half those of gas mowers, making up for the higher initial cost.
Reel push mowers are a still better bet, with no electricity costs, no on-site emissions and a much lower price tag, The Green Guide says.
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