Ban Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers in Chapel Hill

Ban Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers in Chapel Hill

The Issue

Increasingly across the country, towns and cities are banning 2-stroke gas-powered leaf blowers. They are harmful to hearing (I have measured the dB to be more that 30dB above town ordinances and the town refuses to act.) They are also massive polluters, 30 minutes using a 50cc two-stroke leaf blower produces the same emissions as a driving a Ford F-150 Raptor 3,887 miles. https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-car-vs-truck-vs-leaf-blower.html Please sign this petition to ban gas-powered leaf blowers. Electric blowers work just as well, are much quieter and not harmful to the environment.

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The Issue

Increasingly across the country, towns and cities are banning 2-stroke gas-powered leaf blowers. They are harmful to hearing (I have measured the dB to be more that 30dB above town ordinances and the town refuses to act.) They are also massive polluters, 30 minutes using a 50cc two-stroke leaf blower produces the same emissions as a driving a Ford F-150 Raptor 3,887 miles. https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-car-vs-truck-vs-leaf-blower.html Please sign this petition to ban gas-powered leaf blowers. Electric blowers work just as well, are much quieter and not harmful to the environment.

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town of chapel hill
town of chapel hill

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Petition created on May 6, 2021