A new report on the impacts of gas-powered lawn and garden equipment in Massachusetts estimated the devices generated more than 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide in 2020 — an amount equivalent to the pollution from about 135,000 standard cars.

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    1 year ago

    Yep, I got an EV this year too. Such a simple machine mechanically and requires very little maintenance.

    It’s sad to imagine where we might be if development of very early EVs and transit wasn’t stamped out by oil. I’m sure we wouldn’t be in the mess we are now.

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      1 year ago

      I have an old 4x4 with a bad engine and I’ve really considered trying to EV swap it. It has a 1.3 liter engine in it, and I wouldn’t need a huge motor, I just wonder where I’d put the batteries.

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        I’m sure you could find some space after removing all the ICE components, even just where the fuel tank was. I was considering doing something like this back in high school. I’m not sure how active things are, but ecomodder was quite a good resource back then.