"Terry Horton" wrote in message
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| On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:40:32 GMT, "Texensis"
| wrote:
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| "Mike Dahmus" wrote in message
| .. .
| | On 16 Apr 2003 14:55:57 -0700, (ctt) wrote:
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| | A lot of people seem to think that "push mower" means "gas
powered
| | mower that is not self-propelled".
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| And just why does the City sell those nasty little electric mowers
on
| the cheap and not do anything about discount hand-mowers?
|
| Good question. Both would reduce VOCs.
|
| It's just as stupid as the fact that the City gives breaks on
| air-conditioning to people who already have it but does nothing
about
| cheap fans for those who don't.
|
| The city subsidizes replacement of wasteful air conditioners instead
| of building more fossil fuel-fired generating facilities to run
them.
| At least that's the theory.

The City helps buy a.c. units that would have been bought anyhow,
because the old, existing one needed replacement--virtually any new
unit is better than an existing one. People who don't have a.c. or who
have old, inefficient a.c. that still works will keep the status quo,
because the City subsidy goes to people who can already afford a new
unit, not to people for whom the subsidy is not enough to make a
difference.