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Originally posted by randywebb
But back to the more narrow topic of this thread -- I wanted to say something about Mitigation. Large companies often do this when they cannot avoid a certain amount of pollution (let's say it is CO2 emissions). You would simply plant enough trees to make up for the amount emitted.

A person can do something similar. Lawnmowers (except the Hondas - no surprise) are huge polluters. A modern car (1990's or later) can be driven 100-200 miles and pollute LESS than you mowing your lawn. So, I killed my lawn mower. I use a completely manual reel mower now. A side benfit was I don't have to breather a bunch of dust kicked up by a high speed rotary blade mower.

There are other things the interested person could do. Walk, car pool, or bike to work. You'd get more exercise and probably less stress.

Randy, you are welcome to come on up amd mow my lawn with your little reel mower anytime...shouldn't take you more than a couple of days. Before you knock lawns, consider this...25 sq. feet of lawn produces enough oxygen to sustain one human.