http://www.blogto.com/feed/recentcomments/?9439 Comments recently made in this post on blogTO Copyright 2009 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:03:24 PST . . . they account for five percent of our urban smog. Throw in some pesticides, and you've got a paradox - what's supposed to be a backyard nature oasis is polluting and poisoning our environment. It is not a paradox. It's just a contradiction, and you spotted it. Back yards aren't natural.]]> http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277188 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277188 Toronto, Environment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:16:02 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277176 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277176 Toronto, Environment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:53:10 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277174 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277174 Toronto, Environment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:49:03 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277164 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277164 Toronto, Environment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:23:14 PDT Aren't "most lawnmowers" 4-stroke gas engines these days? The modern ones are, but a lot of people are still using older models. You can exchange an older two-stroke one for a four-stroke one as part of the program. > And electric mowers are not very green either. Somebody > else has to burn the fossil fuel to generate the > electricity you're using. Obviously electric ones still do require energy. However, it is far more efficient and less polluting to produce that energy via a power plant rather than by burning gasoline in a primitive engine. Also, electric ones do not contribute as much to noise pollution, which is also a serious environmental problem that affects our health, though too often it is still viewed as a mere nuisance.]]> http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277151 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277151 Toronto, Environment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:28:24 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277150 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c277150 Toronto, Environment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:22:00 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276962 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276962 Toronto, Environment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:52:14 PDT Throw in some pesticides? Um, it's illegal in Toronto, > isn't it? According to the city website:"The City of Toronto has banned the use of pesticides in most circumstances, but it has not banned pesticides entirely." But you are right, things are certainly better in Toronto pesticide-wise thanks to the by-law, though I have no information on how strictly it is enforced (there are obvious difficulties in trying to enforce a bylaw of this kind).]]> http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276880 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276880 Toronto, Environment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:02:19 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276857 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276857 Toronto, Environment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:55:36 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276832 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276832 Toronto, Environment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:32:48 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276800 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/mow_down_pollution/#c276800 Toronto, Environment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:08:44 PDT