Time to Consider a More Environmentally Friendly Lawn Mower?

“Do you really need a gas-powered lawn mower?”  That’s the question that a recent Boston Globe article posed, and with summer upon us it’s a timely question.  The article traces the experience of a city dweller who moves to a suburban home, and has to now contend with a lawn.  The author reviews the environmental disadvantages of a gas-powered mower, and then discusses environmentally superior alternatives such as battery-powered mowers or electric cord-driven mowers.  The clever, thought-provoking article can be found here .”