According to the Environmental Protection Agency a single gas lawnmower running can emit as many harmful chemicals as 40 new cars running for the same hour. Small gas engines are incredibly inefficient and contribute a large part of the typical homeowners carbon footprint.
Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas: a gas that absorbs and radiates heat. Increases in greenhouse gases have tipped the Earth’s energy budget out of balance, trapping additional heat and raising Earth’s average temperature. Scientists say that if CO2 doubles, it could raise the average global temperature of the Earth between two and five degrees Celsius. We are already increasing the amount of energy that bounces back to the Earth. Because of the greenhouse effect, this is causing global warming as well as contributing to respiratory disease from smog and air pollution.
Not Just Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide is a greenhouse gas which directly affects climate change, a typical homeowner will emit around 100 pounds of CO2 each year mowing their lawn but mowers and trimmers emit a lot more than just CO2. In addition to CO2 lawn mowers produce carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, methane, ethane, ethene, ethanol and ozone contributing to smog, acid rain and poor health.
Fuel Spills
Another startling statistic from the EPA is that landscape maintenance is responsible for more fuel spilt annually than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In California alone landscape equipment users spill approximately 17 million gallons of fuel each year while refilling their outdoor power equipment. All of that gas is soaked into the ground and leached into our groundwater.
Noise Pollution
Gas equipment is loud. Gas powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and trimmers produce between 90-120 db of sound. Any sound above 85 db has been proven to be damaging and contribute to hearing loss. Our equipment is all 30-50% quieter than the gas equivalent, making your whole neighbourhood quieter, healthier and happier.
