Thanks to Gas Prices, Sales of Manual and Electric Lawnmowers Are Up

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:07 PM EDT

Article Source: TreeHugger

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Sales of Manual and Electric Lawnmowers are Up We've already seen so many impacts of high gas prices: for instance, Americans driving less, purchasing more efficient cars and running out of gas more often.

Well, we can add yet another impact to what is sure to become a growing list: sales of manual and electric lawnmowers are up, with some manufacturers reporting 60-70 percent increases in sales over last year.

Of course, gas prices aren't the only factor behind the trend: concerns about noise and air pollution from gas mowers, as well as the higher cost of gas mowers relative to manual mowers, are also important.

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