How gas powered leaf blower creates as much pollution in one hour as a car does driving over 1,100 miles. (EPA data)

Question

I don’t understand how this is possible. The car engine is more efficient but the leaf blower would use a gallon or less of fuel that that amount of time as where the car would burn 30 to 40 times more that for the trip.

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Answer 1

because co2 is not pollution, it is the goal product of perfect combustion. the car is designed to burn very cleanly and has filters and convertors to capture non-co2 products created in the cylinder. the leaf blower does not run have any pollution control and nobody cares if it is efficient or not because it does not run enough to put in that kind of effort and expense.