Are you tired of using the lawn mower guzzling more petrol that your car? Well, an eco-friendly lawn mower is perhaps the best solution to all your petrol problems. Environmental engineers at the college level in California have invents a device that attaches to the lawnmower reducing its harmful effects. The dangerous emissions from the gardening tool can be significantly reduced with this gardening tool.ย This is a futuristic device that is supposed to reduce a lot of money in terms of millions of dollars for businessmen and Americans.
Summer is here and so are innovations
Did you know that Americans spend approximately three billion hours per year on lawn mowing and gardening? According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), they also calculated the amount of population emitted from lawn mowers. According to the study, push lawn mowers emit pollution equivalent to 11 cars and a riding lawn mowers emit pollution equivalent to 34 cars.
Lawn mowers were created from with small gasoline engines from the very beginning. These engines had fewer regulations and since then, they have become serious contributors to pollution in the air. These air pollutants have been contributing to lung diseases like asthma and other respiratory diseases. With these pollutants, the EPA, in 2008, began regulating new standards for small engines. They required all engines to be compliant by 2011-12. If the mandates are to be believed then, this regulation can prevent approx 450 premature deaths and an annual of 500 hospitalizations. This could also cost producers and consumers millions of dollars. California is one such state that has added their own non-polluting standards as mandatory for small engines along with the EPA laws.
So, what are the options for owners of lawn mowers?
There is no doubt that owners have to meet the new regulations. Hence, the students at the University of Califorin-Riverside Bourns have devised the โNOx-Outโ. It is an air filter for small engines. This is attached in place of the muffler and it reduces the level of harmful air pollutants in the air. These includes reducing carbon monoxide at 87 per cent, nitrogen oxide at 67 per cent and other particulate matter at 44 per cent.
Most people should not hesitate to shell out $30 for a pollutant-eradicating invention devised by this team. This is an interesting innovation that can be adapted for other gardening tools such as leaf blowers, snowmobiles and dirt bikes. This is an award-winning innovation at the โWERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Developmentโ competition that was run by the Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE).
Is it sustainable for the environment?
Considering the fact that Americans take out their lawn mowers as regularly as their cars, this invention will be a significant contribution to the green revolution. As more companies devise easier ways to solve the environmental crisis on our hands. This device is a quick and easy solution for companies. Not only for companies, but Americans can find this solution as an economical answer to their own environmental issues.
There is no doubt that every American looks for an eco-friendly solution to the highly polluting lawn mower. The NOx-Out is affordable and a quick solution for all those who want a cleaner environment. Saving themselves and their neighbors from the risk of potential health problems, this device is the need of the hour. It is hard to imagine that all it takes is a simple attachment to the existing lawn mower and one can reduce the pollution to a significant level. NOx-Out everyone!
