@Robert M posted:Regardless of what type of generator I put in my RV, gas or electric, it will be either powered by fuel and emit emissions or it will be plugged in at my home and recharged using electricity by a power plant that generates emissions.
Like I said, I'm not sure about how the Phase II goals (generators and big power washers) would be accomplished, and maybe they won't. The purported uptake of the Phase I tools mentioned in Stan's post makes me think they are much more likely to work out than the Phase II things.
The other point made in Stan's post, "a commercial operator using one backpack leaf blower for one hour generates the same smog-forming emissions as a car driving 1100 miles." makes me think that even if the Phase I tools are all charged by fossil fuel power plant electricity, it's going to produce much less smog, etc than a huge number of poorly tuned backpack engines.
Again, I'm not a frothing at the mouth environmentalist (I love my old air-cooled speedster). I don't think frothing at the mouth on either side of arguments really adds any light to questions. I also don't mind teasing and banter, but I do get annoyed when folks are just looking for an echo chamber.