‘Yes, let me take my gasoline-powered, air conditioned lawnmower out to mow my chemically-fertilized, water-intensive lawn in my distant suburban community with no mass transit.’ Now, I’m not saying climate change is real. But if we wanted to find potential causes for it, then this might be one of them.
Could also be the massive coal fired power plants providing electricity for our shiny new electric cars or the huge factories making batreries from toxic materials for our green devices...nah...must be lawn mowers.
Lawn mowers? I guess you missed my point about an ecosystem of waste - gas to power the air conditioning, water and chemicals to fertile the lawn, air pollution caused by suburban commuting - not just the machine. But your examples were good ones where we agree on one point - you can’t just look at the end-product but at all of the variables that go into making and operating it. I had no idea you were so green-minded, @strongsad. FunSubstance is still full of surprises!
Hey man (woman?) I meant no offense to you, my comment was more directed toward misplaced efforts by lawmakers and enviromentalists who think that lawnmowers, motorcycles, weedwackers, etc. are a significant contributor to the worlds pollution problems. Instead of funding projects for sustainable energy they go after easy targets. Joe-schmo with his old lawn boy mower is easier to push around than National Grid. Instead of putting effort into forcing the rich folk with waterfront property to <gasp!> see a windfarm they push for catalytic converters on motorcycles. I live on Long Island and a few years ago a windfarm was proposed in the ocean off the south shore but people didn't want to see it so it was scrapped. It frustrates me that the government kowtows to people like that over such important issues.
So anyway, I have no issue with your comment.
I am curious though, does your screen name mean grand sick wolf? My Spanish is rusty.
No worries. We’ve all spent enough time on FS to know that meaning and intention often get lost since we can’t see or hear the other person. No offense intended, none taken here. @granlobomalo translates to ‘Big Bad Wolf’. I picked it because I am tall, mischievous, and a hairy, bearded ‘wolf’. I also speak (a decent amount of) Spanish and spend part of my year in Colombia. The name is a silent nod to my sense of self and second cultural home. And thank you for asking. I appreciate that you even considered it.
So anyway, I have no issue with your comment.
I am curious though, does your screen name mean grand sick wolf? My Spanish is rusty.