 Some interesting facts:
» Small engines, in particular lawn care equipment,  contribute 10-12% of the nation's air pollution. » Gas lawn mowers consume 580 million gallons of  gasoline annually and 25-35% of this fuel escapes unburned. » Electric lawn mowers emit 3,300 times less hydro-carbons, 5,000 times less CO, one-fifth as muchNOx and less than half the CO2 as gas lawn mowers. Wind and solar powered electric mowersreduce pollution by even less!» While an electric mower charged with coal fired electricity significantly reduces hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides, it hardly reduces carbon dioxide, a hazardous greenhouse gas. A mower charged with electricity from a wind farm or solar panels cuts all of these pollutants 100%.» Each megawatt-hour of electricity that comes from wind energy helps reduce the .8 to .9 tons of greenhouse gas emissions that are produced by coal and diesel fuel generation each year.» Once turbines are built, wind power is a completely clean energy source and an infinitely      sustainable energy source.» Farmers are also able to profit by leasing land to wind companies or setting up their own    wind turbines on their land.» Using clean energy and supporting a clean energy market reduces our dependency on both   domestic and foreign sources of fossil fuels.» One source estimates that in 1 hour, 1 gas lawn mower can pollute as much as an SUV driven 23,600 miles. Another source calculates that in 1 hour, 1 gas lawn mower pollutes as much as 40 late model cars.» Cars have catalytic converters, most lawn mowers do not. This causes polluting hydrocarbon emissions.    Â