05-18-2022, 12:38 PM
(05-18-2022, 01:23 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-17-2022, 06:47 PM)ac3r Wrote: That's fine for personal use, but landscaping companies that are doing large properties and/or many jobs in one day can't rely on batteries that last 1 hour or swapping them out non stop. Sometimes they're out there 10 hours a day going from job to job. The battery electric technology would need to improve before we started banning gas equipment.
Sure they can, they just need batteries to swap in while charging the others through the day and night. They aren't the first workers to do this. Construction workers already use battery tools extensively.
But nms is also right, a broom and rake also work.
I'm not qualified to say whether a broom and rake are sufficient. They are for personal use.
The use of "can't" here is inaccurate. Over 100 US cities and towns have already banned gas-powered leaf blowers, including Washington DC. The cities here should too. Things can get better.