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James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!
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It is common here in Hawaii to live in condos or apartment complexes with multiple units that exceed 100 or more units.
When the ground maintenance come it's like a war zone every 2 weeks. Tenants cannot talk on their phones or even watch TV since the noise levels are deafening. The noise levels exceed rock concert decibel levels at times.
What would be so hard as for the law to require mufflers on sit-down and push lawn mowers, weed whackers, weed blowers and all other
It seems somewhat hypocritical that the operators of these machines use hearing muffs and or ear plugs but expect the tenants where they are working to endure the noise with their naked ears. The exhaust can also be hard to handle for many especially the elderly and those with breathing impairments.
Did you know that one gas powered leaf blower operating for 30 minutes puts out more emissions than a car traveling 2,000 miles?
------On Banning Leaf Blowers-New York Times-----
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/realestate/on-banning-on-leaf-blowers.html
The noise of lawn mowers drives me crazy, or should I say crazier. I was once at an open air restaurant and they
Technology has come a long way with 'Smart phones,' 'Smart TV's' and Smart devices in general! It's time for Smart lawn equipment that doesn't make noise, or pollute--- however first we need Smart politicians to make this all happen!
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| -Kapaa sunrise- Sunday, August 19, 2018 Photo, James "Kimo" Rosen |
Hana Hou, (Encore)
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Most of weed eaters, leaf blowers, mowers etc. are gasoline powered . They have small, 2 cycle engines, that are light weight, and efficient. Unfortunately, these 2 cycle engines. 2 cycle engines use a mixture of engine oil and gasoline as a fuel. This mixture forms polluting exhaust fumes, because of incomplete compustion of the fuel mixture.. These engines also lack a sound muffler to reduce noise.
The answer to the problem is battery powered rechargeable electric motors. When the manufacturers of mowers, blowers, etc.are convinced there is a market for electric powered rechargeable items, the
manufacturers will start production.
CA set high emissions standards. Hybrid and electric cars are popular in CA. Also small vehicles with high performance fuel injected engines hace replaced carburation. High market for products and regulations bring about a change in manufacturing.
You spoke about one of my biggest pet peeves..
Elaborate!
You said it as well or better than I could. It's just irritating & disturbs my peace of mind at home. Playing music loud helps me to mask the sound.
I’ll try that! I usually try and take a long walk or make sure I’m gone when they come around.
The environment goes to HELL
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