California bans almost all small internal combustion engines
I looked on the forum to see if anyone else posted this. The Kalifornia governor signed a bill yesterday to ban sales of most smallinternal combustion engines taking affect January 1, 2024. This will include law mowers, leaf blowers, golf carts, generators, and chainsaws.
To me this does not make sense because the electrical grid can't keep up with current demand already. With your rolling blackouts and such, how are you going to keep your food from spoiling when your current generator wears out other than go out of state to buy products?
I own woodland property that requires me to use a chainsaw many hours a years. A friend of mine bought a 40 volt battery powered chainsaw to use for trimming trees on his property. He gets about 10 minutes of cutting from a charge. I run my saw 8 hours a day and go through a lot of gas/oil mix. I can't see professional loggers being able to get by with the currently available electric saws. If you did use one of the battery units, you would have to carry a truck load of batteries because they don't want you to use a generator to charge you equipment.
To me this does not make sense because the electrical grid can't keep up with current demand already. With your rolling blackouts and such, how are you going to keep your food from spoiling when your current generator wears out other than go out of state to buy products?
I own woodland property that requires me to use a chainsaw many hours a years. A friend of mine bought a 40 volt battery powered chainsaw to use for trimming trees on his property. He gets about 10 minutes of cutting from a charge. I run my saw 8 hours a day and go through a lot of gas/oil mix. I can't see professional loggers being able to get by with the currently available electric saws. If you did use one of the battery units, you would have to carry a truck load of batteries because they don't want you to use a generator to charge you equipment.
