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Giving up the lawn as the last option to go green? This news article technically proposes that as an additional option outside of electric mowers or battery-operated mowers. How Green Is Your Lawn Mower? - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News - FOXNews.com What would long-time...

I find this press release both interesting and amusing: New green technology - Hybrid remote control lawn mower - green technology, remote control lawn mower, hybrid lawn mower That press release was dated May 2009. Yet up until now there aren't a lot of manufacturers that produce hybrid cars...

Kubota's a great brand in India. My only problem is, they don't seem to sell lawn mowers there :) They sell diesel farm tractors, rice planters and combine harvesters: Products | Kubota Agricultural Machinery India I wonder if there's any design of a lawn mower that is freely given away. Might...

I am biased towards gasoline lawn mowers. This is because my understanding of diesel is it's harder to burn. I also think its' dirtier. But a lawn mower review has made me think my knowledge is vastly outdated. The review says diesel is more efficient and cleaner. So, I'm missing a lot here...

There are many brands of lawn mowers available in the market today. This forum alone lists a good number of them. What has been your criteria for choosing from the many brands and models available?

I just came from a website that gave instructions on how to attach a solar panel to one's battery-operated mower. A diode would later prevent the battery from discharging into the panel when the sun sets. I think we can sum that up as "green" lawn mowing :) My only take on that is the price of...

I imagine electric lawn mowers powered by rechargeable batteries as the thing for the future. They are absolutely much more environmentally friendly. They don't consume petroleum fuel and pollute the air in the surrounding. They also do not contribute much to noise pollution. Neuton Chooses...

It's frightening to find out that 200,000 lawn-mower accidents happen each year in the U.S. Of that number, 16,000 happen to children. These are preventable accidents, or so the site says. I see other threads in this forum about mower accidents. Let me go straight to the tips on how to prevent...

Guys, mowers are expensive where I am. But if the benefits outweigh the cost, I see no reason for shrinking from the investment. Our lawn may be not as big as yours. Mine is about 600 square feet. But even if I have twice of thrice that, I still find it hard to justify a motorized mower in the...

Motorized mowing engines (ride-on, trimmers, hand-pushed) all emit noise that just doesn't mix well in residential homes. Anyhow, they're noisy enough for the people around. But aren't they noisy to the operators too? I can see that most of them don't wear ear muffs. I find that a bit scary...