[mrmeyer]

These dumbasses must not be aware that half the nation’s electricity comes from BURNING coal. I’ll stick with my gas powered ride on thank you very much. I don’t think there is an extension cord long enough to move 2 acres.

[oyez]

Each year, more than 17 million gallons of fuel are spilled during the refueling of power lawn and garden equipment.

That does not even add up.

[seamusnh]

You can have my gas powered tools when you pry them from my cold dead hands.... Honestly, how can someone be concerned about my lawn tractor which runs for an hour and a quater once a week? Compare that to the energy used to heat my home or power my cars... Environmentalists seem to run around looking for something to worry about...

[apillar]

Gee, these nanny statists would really have hated by father. He use to save all his old motor oil and spread it on the dirt road in front of our house in the summer to keep the dust down.

[thethirddegree]

Obama can go screw himself.

[cripplecreek]

The republican mantra is “Drill baby drill” and the democrat mantra is “Freeze starve and die”.

[Dr. Sivana]

They got a good start on this by forcing ethanol into the gasoline blend. That stuff is murder on small engines.

[Bhoy]

Where is the proof? Where are the calculations? Data? Before believing any numbers from government or corporation I would like to see how that agency arrived at its conclusion.

[DugwayDuke]

What a great way to produce more jobs!

We can require that only state licensed personnel refuel gasoline powered lawn equipment. Your mower runs out of gas, call the state. The state sends over a member of the local gas-filler-upper union who is trained and licensed to refuel your mower. Presto! Changeo! Your mower is refueled and ready to mow. (And you get a bill for $5 in gas and $95 in refuelling charges.)

Of course, when he ‘accidently’ spills an oz of gas, he will have to call another member of the state licensed gas-cleaner-upper union. Presto! Changeo! The environment is saved. (And, you get a bill for $200 in cleaner-upper fees.)

Why stop there?

Since there was a fuel spill, you’ll need to get an inspection of the fuel system conducted by the state licensed fuel systems inspector-checker union. (And, you get a bill for $100 per item.)

And, we could create a bunch more jobs by requiring all deficiencies found by the inspectors to be repaired by the state licensed gasoline fuel system fixer-upper union. (And, you get a bill.)

And, of course, you have to empty the fuel system before it can be inspected and repaired. The fuel system emptyer-outer union to the rescue. (Another Bill.)

Now that your mower is fully inspected, repaired, and ready to mow, you’ll need to call the state to send out the gas filler-upper union guy...

But, think of the union jobs created.