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Upcoming Rebate on Electric Mowers

Just got off the phone with the Valley Air District. On Sunday, May 15 (20005) they will be giving rebates for purchases of new electric mowers at the Home Depot store in Riverpark. A working mower, drained of all fluids, will be needed for turn-in. They are going to email me the details when they are finalized.

From Valley Air...
"Gasoline-powered lawn mowers are not required to meet the same emission standards as automobiles. They are major contributors to summertime air pollution problems. There are 250,000 gasoline mowers in the Valley emitting high levels of carbon monoxide and smog-forming gasses. One standard gas mower running for one hour emits as much pollution as 40 late model cars operating for an hour. Overall, gardening equipment produces as much as 5 percent of the nation’s smog."

"Electric-powered mowers are 95 percent cleaner running than their gas-powered counterparts. In 2004, the Air District distributed 1,200 electric mowers valley wide. The program reduced 1.66 tons of emissions last summer and 11.62 tons over the mowers’ operating lives."

posted by Tom @ 1:23 PM