How about just leaving leaves for what they are. Just leave them and move on with your own life.
What you actually mean is leave the leaves so they blow away and become your neighbor's problem.
Students invent quieter leaf blower
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Is that really what people want? Leaf blowers to me are possibly the least interesting, least appealing way to use modern tech To clarify, as a research project, cool. We can probably use any new developments elsewhere. But as a tesla product, just why?
I want it. Specifically I want it to be mandatory for all of the lawn services that use straight pipe two stroke leaf blowers at 6 in the morning, every morning. All other lawn equipment is loud but manageable. Leaf blowers are unreasonable. They are also the only equipment even the lawn service guys wear heating protection while using (sometimes).
i think i've just grown up in different areas to a lot of you all then. this has never been a problem for me, but maybe it's regional/cultural/climate-dependent.
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#293Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that really what people want? Leaf blowers to me are possibly the least interesting, least appealing way to use modern tech To clarify, as a research project, cool. We can probably use any new developments elsewhere. But as a tesla product, just why?
While I am reticent to speculate on anything Musk or Tesla… > Is that really what people want? I would literally buy substantially quieter leaf blowers, as gifts, for neighbors whom I do not even like. There are few things I want more.
"Oh, he gave me one too. They can't blow shit, they don't even sound like a leaf blower."
Your disliked neighbors talking to each other in the future, probably.
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Many affluent areas have already banned gas leaf blowers and it’s incredible how quiet the battery powered replacements are. I was in Palm Springs recently and had nearly walked past a landscaper using one before if occurred to me just how quiet it was - didn’t even interrupt our conversation. I believe it was a Stihl backpack version (maybe https://www.stihlusa.com/products/blowers-and-shredder-vacs/... ) but yeah,…
It isn't so much the noise that bothers me, what I've never understood about leaf blowers is what are they meant to accomplish? When I watch people use them they either blow the leaves into the street or the neighbors yard. What do they think that does? Now on the other hand, I do own a very noisy leaf vacuum. But when I've collected a bag full I can just deposit the leaves in my collection container. They are taken…
I own a Stihl leaf blower and primarily use it to clear debris from the gravel paths in my garden. Because raking gravel also collects the stones. Debris includes leaves, leaf husks, beech nuts, catkins, and a range of other things that drop off trees. I use a big rake to clear the lawn (I actually enjoy the physicality of this task).
All of this stuff is composted over the year in a large pile in a secluded corner of my garden, along with grass cuttings, scarified moss, etc. The volume of stuff usually exceeds the amount I can get rid of using the local council's garden waste collection.
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#295How about just leaving leaves for what they are. Just leave them and move on with your own life.
Are leaf blowers only a North American thing? When I grew up in Germany I hardly ever saw one. When I moved to the US they were everywhere. Not sure if they became popular around that time or if it's just more common in the US. When and where I grew up everyone also took care of their own garden, so I suspect that played a role as well
They have become popular around here. People use them to push leaves out of sidewalks.
Looks like they are way faster than unpowered tools.
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#296We don't need quieter electric leaf blowers. We need to ban the gas ones, with no grandfather clause. Not just for the noise pollution but the local air pollution. It's crazy the volume of air that can be ruined by a single gas leaf blower, far worse than modern cars, and they are inescapable in cities.
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#297The first time I woke up in North America to the sound of a neighbor with a leaf blower, I asked myself how this could possibly be legal.
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#298We don't need quieter electric leaf blowers. We need to ban the gas ones, with no grandfather clause. Not just for the noise pollution but the local air pollution. It's crazy the volume of air that can be ruined by a single gas leaf blower, far worse than modern cars, and they are inescapable in cities.
a buy-back program would be a good first step.
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#299What I loved about this is that all of their prototypes were with a stock leaf blower with *3D Printed* attachments. This really shows the value of the rapid prototyping that 3D Printing has allowed. It also shows that any of us could have done this with enough time and effort. And I don't mean literally any person- but there are a LOT of YouTube engineering channels that could likely have tackled this, had they been…
There are a lot of ongoing attempts in the 3d printing community to replicate the Wilson airless basketball. I expect there will be similar efforts in to produce something similar to what the students created. Wonder if they applied for a patent and if that would prevent clones from being made.
Re: Students invent quieter leaf blower
#300We don't need quieter electric leaf blowers. We need to ban the gas ones, with no grandfather clause. Not just for the noise pollution but the local air pollution. It's crazy the volume of air that can be ruined by a single gas leaf blower, far worse than modern cars, and they are inescapable in cities.
They’ve been banned for years in some cities. The issue is there is zero enforcement.