California’s Bold Move: Say Goodbye to Gas Lawn Mowers in 2024

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Goes on sale a lot, I think i paid $1300.
As I mentioned you need to be a little handy to maintain. I've had to replace the battery (warrantied), a wheel, and a cutting blade . My gripe has been customer support when I've needed parts. Its been a bit of hassle to get someone on the phone.

Just checked my app and it says its mowed 1622 hours for, 991 miles. so I'm at below $1 per hour now, plus the cost of energy. Can't beat that. I generally let it set all week an run it on the weekends when im around

 

I detest those damn things.

 

Ya'll havent even mentioned that they literally just blow everything up in the air for us to breath in. Insect feces, dirt, pollen....

 

Tru dat!

 

Haha. I thought when you linked the autonomous mower that that’s what you had for your 1 acre.

 

I just got a battery operated snowblower. It’s only single stage, but should be good enough for our not too long driveway and sidewalk. Uses four batteries to generate 96 V.

Of course, it might not ever snow again with the way the weather is going.

 

Having bought a new snowblower I bet it won’t snow for a decade near you.

 

Are they homing bees like some pidgins? If not, how do they get them back?

 

Shush. If Cali legislators get a hold of that info they will require masks when you step outside to get the mail.

 

You're gonna have to pry my enourmous Stihl backpack blower from my cold dead hands.

I have 8 mature oaks that shed 17 metric F-tons of leaves in the fall. I'm not giving that up anytime soon.

 

It’s encouraging to se so much success with battery powered mowers. Wasn’t sure how they’d do on thick st augustine grass

 

According to this it is 3rd. But even if it was second, that link you provided shows it is a distant second to Arkansas. Add up all of the adjacent states to Arkansas and California is only a small part overall.
Leading U.S. states in rice production 2022 | Statista

 

I still use my trusty old gas powered vacuum.

 

OK, but there's still no good reason to use so much water to grow rice in CA! In other words, why should CA be anywhere near the top of the US list for growing rice? CA will continue to get drier as the climate gets hotter and needs to rethink water allocation sooner than later.

 

A missed Spot isn't necessarily a bad thing.

 

If they're really serious, all govt employees should be driving EV's.

 

The new Toro coal cars are shipping now.

 

All true, it's more efficient to grow it around Louisiana, lots of rain and humidity. Low land supports easy flooding.

 

Hmm…I think this didn’t go the way the OP intended LOL

 

Good to know we have a fan of noisy leaf blowers in our midst