{"id":5791,"date":"2016-07-16T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T18:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2020-12-21T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:51:10","slug":"time-to-consider-a-more-environmentally-friendly-lawn-mower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/time-to-consider-a-more-environmentally-friendly-lawn-mower\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Consider a More Environmentally Friendly Lawn Mower?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/electric-lawn-mower-dreamstime-rf-id-191209400\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12766 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/electric-lawn-mower-dreamstime-rf-id-191209400-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" 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300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Do you really need a gas-powered lawn mower?&#8221;\u00a0 That&#8217;s the question that a recent Boston Globe article posed, and with summer upon us it&#8217;s a timely question. \u00a0The article traces the experience of a city dweller who moves to a suburban home, and has to now contend with a lawn. \u00a0The 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. \u00a0The clever, thought-provoking article can be found <span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/magazine\/2016\/05\/31\/honestly-you-don-need-that-gas-lawn-mower\/B0FmbNxLi6fQEssNSDqjcO\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here <\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Do you really need a gas-powered lawn mower?&#8221;\u00a0 That&#8217;s the question that 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