Environment & Energy

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Don't see the point of a machine that converts non-renewable fossil fuels to noise pollution, particulates, and GHGs.

Grounds crews used to wear gloves to rake leaves to prevent blisters. That was sufficient equipment for the job. Now they haul out the leaf blowers and chase the leaves, scrap paper, and everything else around the grounds for the same amount of time they used to spend raking. Fall semester classes used to open the windows and let in fresh air. Now all the grounds crews have these noisemakers, which have killed an enjoyable practice. Meanwhile, the same oversized crews are chasing even isolated eaves still hanging on the plants -- anything to prevent mgmnt from getting the idea that with these "labor-saving devices" they shouldn't need so many people to do the same job, so they try to look busy. Possible the world's worst invention, ever. Ban them all.