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“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 .”