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John C
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agreed w rr
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9/5/2008 10:34:33 AM
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look at the numbers.
If you count the number of carbon atomes, from a pure chemical standpoint, a gallon of gasoline can only produce so many cubic feet of CO2. Let's say that a typical push mower's gas tank is about 1/3 a gallon, and it takes you 3 fill ups to cut the yard, that's a fixed amount of possible CO2 that can go in the air, no matter how "inefficient" the motor is. If you cut your lawn every 10 days during 6 months of growth season, that's about 18 times, or 18 gallons of gas being burned.
Then divide the CO2 released by the size of your yard, and the grass' ability to convert CO2 to O2. What's left accounts for 25% of air pollution?
I agree with roswellric. Sounds like some hokey numbers from the people that are in business to regulate. I wonder what the total "carbon footprint" of the EPA is, when you consider all of their employees, buildings, air conditioners, vehicles, electricity, paper, etc. If given enough time and money I am sure that I could come up with a "statistic" to prove that the EPA itself is burning more carbon than they are saving.
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