Leaf Blowers
1 HOUR with a Leaf Blower vs. 24 HOURS in Pickup Truck
According to the California Air Resources Board, in just ONE hour, a typical gas-powered leaf blower can emit as much toxic CO2 pollution as driving a Ford F-150 Raptor over 1,100 MILES.
That’s roughly the same as driving from Manhattan to Montauk... TEN TIMES—24 hours of nonstop driving.
Leaf blowers are incredibly inefficient. For the sake of clearing leaves, they pollute the air by burning oil and gas together in outdated two-stroke engines that release high levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons
You wouldn’t rev a Ford Raptor in your yard for 24 hours to get rid of some leaves or grass clippings—EVERY WEEK—but that’s exactly what a leaf blower is doing to your air.
It's not just harmless yard work.
See full source list here.
A Week Without Clippings. A Lifetime with Asthma?
In 1980, about 3% of Americans had asthma; today it’s over 13%—hitting your children and seniors the hardest.
During that same period, gas-powered leaf blowers went from a novelty to the norm, with hundreds of thousands sold annually by the 1990s, and millions now in use across the country. We can’t say for certain that one caused the other—but the timing is hard to ignore.
Leaf blowers stir up a toxic plume of whatever’s on the ground: pollen, mold spores, dust, pesticides, fertilizers, dried rat, bat, bird, cat, dog, and squirrel feces—you name it. It all becomes airborne and lingers, we're breathing it in long after the noise stops.
It’s not just the CO2 you’re breathing in. Whether you’re walking your dog, playing in the yard, or just opening a window, your lungs are the filter.
See full source list here.
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