![]() “This is another anti-growth policy from Sacramento whose impacts will be felt by small businesses the most, particularly minority businesses,” said Winegarden. Fellow in Business & Economics for the Pacific Research Institute. ![]() This law has few benefits for average people, and carries high costs, says Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D., Sr. Smaller lawn care businesses may be unable to bear the added costs. Keeping dozens of charged spare batteries on hand at a cost of around $75 per battery, adds thousands of dollars to of equipment costs. ![]() For lawn care professionals, who generally have no means of recharging batteries in the field, meaning they will have to purchase, maintaining, and carrying numerous extra batteries to complete a day’s set of jobs. However, most electric lawn equipment lacks sufficient power reserves even in the highest capacity batteries to cover more than an average-sized yard. Proponents of the law users of electric power equipment will save money over time because the amount of electricity used to charge the batteries or power the equipment is cheaper than the cost of fossil fuels for comparable usages. It is estimated as many as 50,000 lawn care and landscaping microbusinesses will be impacted by the law, in addition to the millions of individual businesses and homeowners who use such equipment.īattery-powered yard care tools typically costs $100 to $250 more costly than comparable gasoline and diesel fueled equipment. In comments to the press, the bill’s author, California state Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) claimed the law would prevent wide-ranging negative health and environmental consequences of the use of IC engines. There being no alternatives for large diesel powered generators for emergency services, such as hospitals, fire, and police departments, such generators are seemingly exempted from the law. The law later singles out lawn and garden equipment, small power tools and generators for attention. The law charges the California Air Resources Board to adopt technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines, as defined by the state board, by July 1, 2022, to take affect by 2024. 210000002370 ICC Anatomy 0.California has enacted a law may ban the sale of all off-road, gas-powered engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers, and other small internal combustion (IC) devices.238000006011 modification reaction Methods 0.000 description 2.238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 4.229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 7.Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.) Filing date Publication date Application filed by Lyon George Albert filed Critical Lyon George Albert Priority to US401574A priority Critical patent/US2858853A/en Application granted granted Critical Publication of US2858853A publication Critical patent/US2858853A/en Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current Links Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.) Expired - Lifetime Application number US401574A Inventor Lyon George Albert Original Assignee Lyon George Albert Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google Patents US2858853A - Exhaust pipe extensionĭownload PDF Info Publication number US2858853A US2858853A US401574A US40157453A US2858853A US 2858853 A US2858853 A US 2858853A US 401574 A US401574 A US 401574A US 40157453 A US40157453 A US 40157453A US 2858853 A US2858853 A US 2858853A Authority US United States Prior art keywords exhaust pipe extension pipe extension exhaust novel Prior art date Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. ![]()
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