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by calt 1153 days ago
> 1 hour of a gas-powered leaf blower was the equivalent of taking a Camry from LA to Denver

Maybe in terms of particulate pollution, but in terms of CO2 that's absolutely unimaginable.

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NOx might be the bulk of it.
Naw, volatile organics.

Compression ratio isn't great on these things since half the time the gas is terrible -> no pressure, no NOx

But they are two stroke so a little but of gas and oil leak out on every stroke.