archer wrote: There are also electric and battery powered mowers that are environmentally friendly.
I appreciate your post but you know those batteries are nasty. If you could see how they seep into the earth and have alot of toxins. I watched a short documentary on it and it creeper me out. I just think batteries have their own issues.
Blazer Bob wrote: Been their, done that, got the tee shirt. I am probably the last person on earth who had electricity to trade in a slide ruler for a calculator.
Thirty years ago when we first went from apt. living to home ownership I bought a "good" push mower from Sears. It was like pushing a block of cement over loose dirt. You should give it a test push before you buy.
CinnamonGirl wrote: I have been thinking about buying a push mower. I cannot start and don't like power mowers. The new ones are much lighter and easy to use. Good exercise. It is a good thing all the way around. Not using gas or adding pollution. It is amazing how many older things that were invented before there were problems with pollution etc. Time to be a bit more creative and stop with the automatic thinking.
They are WAY better than they used to be. Made out of light aluminum.
archer wrote: There are also electric and battery powered mowers that are environmentally friendly.
I appreciate your post but you know those batteries are nasty. If you could see how they seep into the earth and have alot of toxins. I watched a short documentary on it and it creeper me out. I just think batteries have their own issues.
You're confusing lead acid batteries (the kind used in conventional internal combustion engines) with rechargeable NiCd and Lithium batteries. Rechargeable batteries are a lot less damaging to the environment, especially if they are recycled.
But yes, an old-fashioned push mower is optimal for being environmentally friendly. Next down would be a rechargeable battery-powered one.
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As an only male child the lawn was always my responsibility growing up. I pushed a lawn mower from the time I was knee high to a grass hopper. It was a heavy but lean, mean, well oiled and designed grass cutting machine. Probably build in the fifties.
The '82 version was a turd. Probably designed by a lit. Major.
archer wrote: There are also electric and battery powered mowers that are environmentally friendly.
I appreciate your post but you know those batteries are nasty. If you could see how they seep into the earth and have alot of toxins. I watched a short documentary on it and it creeper me out. I just think batteries have their own issues.
You're confusing lead acid batteries (the kind used in conventional internal combustion engines) with rechargeable NiCd and Lithium batteries. Rechargeable batteries are a lot less damaging to the environment, especially if they are recycled.
But yes, an old-fashioned push mower is optimal for being environmentally friendly. Next down would be a rechargeable battery-powered one.
