Let's Ban Gas Leaf Blowers

One of the fun side effects of tinnitus for a large portion of suffers is hyperacusis, which is increased sensitivity to sound.  It's not bad enough that there is constant ringing or whooshing in the ear, what sounds you do hear seem louder than they are and can actually be physically painful.

And one of the most annoying, painful sounds is gas leaf blowers.  There are no house walls or windows thick enough that can block the sound.  I am a climate skeptic, but like most who push it, I am willing to sign on in order to push an agenda (and ignore it for stuff that I like to do).

According to the State of California, gas powered leaf blowers and hedgers will pass cars to become the number one polluter in 2020.  Politicians rail on everything from cars to planes to cut down pollution, but for some reason no one ever talks about leaf blowers and other 2-stroke gardening tools (which mix oil with gas for fuel), all of which have quieter electric counter-parts. 

If we are in a 12 year crisis, as claimed by many, how come nothing is being done with these devices that generate not only the most pollution, but unwanted noise?  How come politicians are pushing regulations for more electric cars but not more electric gardening tools, which would provide more bang for the regulatory buck?

Several California cities have banned gas leaf blowers, and I hope the trend picks up, but it is infuriating to hear "green, green, green" but no one has suggested this very simple, big solution. Instead you have the idiot Deblaseo talking about banning skyscrapers or the FAA "NextGen" rules creating noise nightmares in order to save a few pennies of jetfuel per flight.

It goes to show that "climate change" is BS.