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 *(|}~