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Gas-powered leaf blowers are being banned across US (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

The little ones were great for clearing snow off roofs and used the same batteries as the tools we used. But if you buy a big one now you've also got to Invest in a new battery ecosystem. Then you may as well buy an electric chainsaw and pole saw/weed whacker. And now does the entire ecosystem make sense to switch yet?