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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to
stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average car http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 .. The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollution http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com...nvironment.htm . Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. ~{|) Nehmo (|}~ |
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Nehmo wrote:
.... municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, .... The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. .... Which (besides the unsightly g-awful mess it makes when left overgrown and untended) is precisely the "why" behind mowing ordinances to minimize vermin habitat... -- |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
On Jun 16, 2:41*pm, Nehmo wrote:
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average carhttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 . The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollutionhttp://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/faq-environment.htm. Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. * ~{|) *Nehmo *(|}~ I drove by your house the other day. Very nice. http://www.theangryhomeowner.com/ima...ly_lawn_lg.jpg |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
On 6/16/2010 2:41 PM, Nehmo wrote:
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average car http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 . The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollution http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com...nvironment.htm . Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. ~{|) Nehmo (|}~ I've been trying for years for someone to pay me not to cut the grass and I would sell them carbon credits for it. Sad state of affairs that there are no takers. |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
On Jun 16, 2:41*pm, Nehmo wrote:
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average carhttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 . The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollutionhttp://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/faq-environment.htm. Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. * ~{|) *Nehmo *(|}~ Could I occasionally brush-hog the yard? Otherwise it'll be a 2-acre thicket of glossy buckthorn in about 5 years. Cindy Hamilton |
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Nehmo wrote:
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass, and instead stuff it up my anus and call me your bitch. Hey man, keep your weird fetish to yourself, you sick freak. Jon |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
Nehmo wrote:
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average car http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 . The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollution http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com...nvironment.htm . Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. I notice you're posting from Austin, which explains almost everything. Those of us in the real world don't give a fig about the things that are of monumental importance to hippies. |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:41:29 -0700 (PDT), Nehmo
wrote: The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. Some are people! http://www.guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/grass_cycle.jpg |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
"Nehmo" wrote in message
... The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. This seems interesting because illegal in most countries with Anglo- Saxon-type laws. (Habeas Corpus forbids detention without charge, and disobeying a bylaw is an offence but not a crime.) In Canada, where bylaws require that grass be mowed, non-compliant lawns are mowed by the municipality (after warning notice) and the property owner billed for this service. (Payment is enforced by the same mechanisms that require payment of property taxes.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
On Jun 16, 2:41*pm, Nehmo wrote:
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. Not really, as the lawns would still *exist* and still need pesticides and fertilizers in order to continue growing... The fertilizers and pesticides have much more of an environmental impact than the actual mowing of the grass... In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. Wrong... Uncut grass is fine for wild areas and large fields, but lawns? If someone like yourself is so concerned about saving the environment, rip up your lawn and replace it with gravel... Las Vegas pays residents to get rid of their lawns... Saves A LOT of water... The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. Care to provide a link to an example or several examples of these "laws" that impose jail time upon someone for failing to comply with a civil ordinance? But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. ROFL... Are you serious? A lawn is not a "healthy plant system" at all... Your theory only applies to healthy plant systems, not ones that depend on people to provide water, fertilizer and pesticides to ensure ideal growing conditions... Want to have an environmental impact, search out information about organic lawn care and compost tea... Healthy grass has a DEEP root system that helps make the grass more hearty... Most lawns only ever get about 1.5" of root depth.. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average carhttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 . The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollutionhttp://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/faq-environment.htm. Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. * ~{|) *Nehmo *(|}~ |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
On Jun 16, 7:41*pm, Nehmo wrote:
A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average carhttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 . The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollutionhttp://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/faq-environment.htm. Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. * ~{|) *Nehmo *(|}~ You would love my garden. I have an acre of unmown grass. It grows up to four feet high. We must have thousands of mice &voles also snakes frogs toads etc. If you reallt want to help the environment you need to install a pond. I have two. Also plant trees. I have lots of trees too. |
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On Jun 16, 10:00�pm, "Don Phillipson" wrote:
"Nehmo" wrote in message ... The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. This seems interesting because illegal in most countries with Anglo- Saxon-type laws. � (Habeas Corpus forbids detention without charge, and disobeying a bylaw is an offence but not a crime.) In Canada, where bylaws require that grass be mowed, non-compliant lawns are mowed by the municipality (after warning notice) and the property owner billed for this service. (Payment is enforced by the same mechanisms that require payment of property taxes.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Strewth, you really live in a police state don't you! |
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On 06/16/10 05:16 pm, harry wrote:
The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. This seems interesting because illegal in most countries with Anglo- Saxon-type laws. � (Habeas Corpus forbids detention without charge, and disobeying a bylaw is an offence but not a crime.) In Canada, where bylaws require that grass be mowed, non-compliant lawns are mowed by the municipality (after warning notice) and the property owner billed for this service. (Payment is enforced by the same mechanisms that require payment of property taxes.) Strewth, you really live in a police state don't you! It's the same in the Midwest US city next door to me. I have no idea what our Township regs. have to say about mowing lawns. Perce |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
harry wrote:
On Jun 16, 10:00�pm, "Don Phillipson" wrote: "Nehmo" wrote in message ... The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. This seems interesting because illegal in most countries with Anglo- Saxon-type laws. � (Habeas Corpus forbids detention without charge, and disobeying a bylaw is an offence but not a crime.) In Canada, where bylaws require that grass be mowed, non-compliant lawns are mowed by the municipality (after warning notice) and the property owner billed for this service. (Payment is enforced by the same mechanisms that require payment of property taxes.) .... Indeed, it would be the most extreme instance and I doubt even then any jail sentence would be for the actual offense but instead for something like contempt... There are compliance rules and jurisidictions do have facility to collect for taking care of out-of-hand situations, yes...generally by the time it gets that far, that's a "thankfully" appended to that by neighbors, etc., ... Strewth, you really live in a police state don't you! I'd be pretty comfortable in thinking there are similar ordinances in place on that side of ye olde ponde, too... -- |
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The Grass Is Greener When You Don't Mow.
"Nehmo" wrote in message ... A painless method to reduce the human impact on the environment is to stop mowing grass. In general, the only reason for mowing is appearance, and often, considering the location of the grass, the appearance can only be appreciated by a small number of people. Moreover, once people get accustomed to seeing uncut lawns, they may consider them preferable. Unmowed laws allow the tall weeds to survive, some are classified as noxious. The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns, and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass. But my focus here will be the environmental impact. The longer the grass, the more leaf area there is per land area. Therefore, uncut grass would be more efficient per unit land area at converting CO2 to oxygen – directly reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere. Is this your opinion or a tested fact. My experience has shown that a dense short lawn becomes a sparse tall lawn, with less stems per square area the result is less plants per square area, there may be more but may be less leaf area. Lawn mowers have highly polluting small engines. In one estimate, one hour of typical mower engine time is equivalent to an 100 mile trip in an average car http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98532&page=1 . The EPA states mowing causes 5% of air pollution http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com...nvironment.htm . Reducing the use of these engines reduces pollution of many types. Very generic statement, based on an estimate to prove a point. The worst mowers are the 2 cycle engines, some are good others not so good, this is proof of nothing. Most mowing is in urban areas, where pollution is the worst and where most people breathe. The habitat of many animals is disturbed by mowing. Others love short grass, particularly the birds that seek ground insects. It’s also worth mentioning that numerous accidents, many serious, are caused directly or indirectly by mowing. ~{|) Nehmo (|}~ |
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