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dheera on Feb 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Noise pollution hurts the heart

The one thing that makes me even angrier is gas-powered leaf blowers that make multiple passes past my apartment, and seemingly deliberately linger for longer if I'm in the middle of a conference call.

Seriously, go electric and ban those abominations.

pilsetnieks on Feb 23, 2021 | [–]

They are also hugely polluting, more than cars and trucks: https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-ear-splitting-leaf-blower-...

RootReducer on Feb 23, 2021 | [–]

I would be ecstatic if my city banned leaf blowers.

ericbarrett on Feb 23, 2021 | | [–]

They might already be—I lived in a city where they were “banned.” And yet I never saw a landscaper using an electric blower; they were always gas.

burntoutfire on Feb 23, 2021 | | [–]

Warsaw banned them recently. Luckily the authorities started doing something about this nuisance...

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