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Environment & Energy

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8. Offers some context.

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 03:55 PM

Jun 14

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https://www.edmunds.com/about/press/leaf-blowers-emissions-dirtier-than-high-performance-pick-up-trucks-says-edmunds-insidelinecom.html

While I'm unsure about improvements in small engine emissions (or the assumed lack thereof) I'd question if the difference (leaf blower v vehicle) was even greater with improved vehicle emissions over the past 14 years.

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Emissions Test: Car vs. Truck vs. Leaf Blower (Edmunds) [View all] usonian Jun 14 OP

No Catalytic converters on the leaf blowers? pwb Jun 14 #1

Lol! It would skyrocket the cost of one. usonian Jun 14 #2

Lost in this discussion is Carbon Dioxide OKIsItJustMe Jun 14 #6

All my power tools are electric. usonian Jun 14 #7

2011 article? flvegan Jun 14 #3

Perhaps. I can't find a date on it. Does that matter? OKIsItJustMe Jun 14 #5

Offers some context. flvegan Jun 14 #8

Speaking only for myself flvegan Jun 14 #12

Gas leaf blowers are banned in my area for air quality reasons. RockRaven Jun 14 #4

I always wondered . . . . hatrack Jun 14 #9

Yeah, but do you do it every week? OKIsItJustMe Jun 14 #11