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Old 05-20-2010, 09:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
bennelson
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 Chevy S10
90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
90 day: 78.16 mpg (US)
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Mowed entire lawn - used ZERO gasoline!

Swhew!

Just got done mowing the lawn.

Didn't use a drop of gasoline.

My yard is small compared to most in my area. It takes about an hour, mowing most of it with a riding lawn mower, and then doing a little quick trimming with a push mower.

I mowed all the main part with my partly restored GE Elec-Trak (only running on three 12v batts) and then grabbed my corded Lawn Boy electric push mower (bought used at a junkyard) to trim by the culvert, around a couple of trees, and the one part that I missed, and didn't notice until the ElecTrak was all put to bed for the night.

Most of us think about fuel economy in our cars, but air pollution and noise pollution from yard equipment can be just as bad!

EVs rule!

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