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In the 70's I had a Murray lawn mower. It lasted over 10 tens. I just put gas in it and left it out in the yard until next spring...

For anything with batteries, you have to decide if you are OK with the cost. Look up the cost before you buy. My Ryobi takes four...

So true. Some people check their fingers after working on something.

And you are lucky that the batteries haven't been obsoleted forcing you to purchase a new mower.

Kill switches is already the law. They will be put in new cars. They used drunk driving as the excuse. You will be monitored to start...

When more people have these batteries we will see more problems. Besides the power grid can not support charging all these batteries.

I have read it. Global warming is meant to give the government more power. With today's technology and what's coming, your house and...

The way this is going, yes. Cops can be sent to arrest you for a CO2 law. Look what happened during COVID-19. People were arrested for...

Are the cops going to arrest a person for using an internal combustion engine? You act like you are happy about it.

So true.

The maintenance on a gas mower really isn’t a pain. What is painful is replacement cost of batteries in equipment after say 3 years...

States are going to ban gas engines. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/least-8-states-plan-ban-101800511.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/electric-bikes/electric-bike-fires-and-lithium-ion-batteries-a4632489902/

https://carbuzz.com/news/parking-garage-bans-all-evs-and-hybrids/...

Is it worth the chance? You can not put out one of these fires. My wife's Samsung Cell phone swelled up, ready to catch fire. We happen...