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Clark County is launching a lawn mower exchange program Monday in an effort to help reduce air pollution.
The county's program is designed to help reduce the amount of ground-level ozone pollution during hot summer months.
The lawn mower exchange program, under the Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management, will begin on Monday when applications from county residents will be accepted.
Those with high-polluting gasoline-powered lawn mowers will be able to exchange them for non-polluting Neuton electric mowers.
The lawn mower program is funded by a grant from the Emissions Control Department of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.
More information and an application form will be available through the county's Web site.
I saw the handwriting on the wall when the mechanical slots were replaced by these new electronic gizmos. Its a lot easier to annoy the neighbors with a gas powered mower than with those cutie wootie electric type.
A good and well meaning gesture to get rid of the pollution caused by the internal combustion engines. However, the cordless mowers still have to be recharged every hour or so, and how are these batteries recharged, yes you got it right first time by electricity generated by a coal fired power station, so the bottom line is, you are still polluting the atmosphere when using a cordless lawn mower
And we are all polluting the atmosphere by firing up our computers, taking a shower, driving/riding to work, watching TV, listening to the radio, charging our iPOD and cell phone, going to the grocery store, taking care of baby, going to the movies, going to the restroom etc etc............basically doing anything in life as we know it today in 2008. Get over it, there is no magic button that will allow us to live without pollution of some sort or other. We simply all have to be practical, live practically and work towards practical solutions, not purporting emotional feel-good sound bytes as the "in" thing to do these days.