09-05-2008, 03:09 PM
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Maybe we should just go with astroturf...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012185657
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued Thursday stricter emission standards for lawn mowers, which seeks to take away from the atmosphere 600,000 tons of hydrocarbons, 130,000 tons of nitrogen oxide and 1.5 million tons of carbon monoxide.
Hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides are the main cause of smog or ground-level ozone, which have been linked to respiratory ailments and premature death. It is also the cause of global warming.
The new rules will take effect 2010 and 2011. It mandates owners of small lawn mowers to install catalytic converters similar to devices placed in cars in 1975.
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Ok, and how are you clowns going to enforce this?
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The new rules overturns the objections of engine makers and Republicans in Congress who feared that placing a converter in small engines may cause the lawn mower to burn.
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Uh, oh.....this is going to be one of those "unintended consequences" of environmentalism, isn't it?
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