Thursday, June 01, 2006

Recycle @Home

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Muscle mow your lawn
Could your power lawn mower be more polluting than your car? Apparently so. According to the California Air Resources Board, gallon for gallon, the 2006 lawn mower engines contribute 93 times more smog-forming emissions than 2006 cars. Mowing for an hour with a gasoline- powered lawn mower can produce as much air pollution as a 350-mile drive in a car. Imagine, along with the pleasant smells of fresh cut grass, you're taking in nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons by the nose fulls.

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