Very true. Electric is close and actuality usable in many instances ( cars, bikes for the most part), but not chainsaws for many situations. It seems that this bill was very short sighted.
Never mind the continuous wild fires. Chainsaws and generators that are under attack from this bill are responsible for saving homes and lives.
Like Husky Man said above alot of people are moving out of Oregon, Washington, and Commiefornia. I believe Oregon is trying to make farming and stock raising illegal. Alot of the laws the pukes in Oregon pass make no sense whatsoever.
I would like to see the forest fire fighting people out there with their electric chainsaws trying to fight fires or the fire and rescue people who use their cut off rescue saws in a battery operated version that they do not even make yet to my knowledge. I read about it this morning. What a joke. When you can get a battery operated chainsaw to work like a Stihl MS 660 and cut for any decent amount of time then I will weigh the pros and cons.
Wow, I don't really know how to feel about that one. Over the past 5 years I've made a concerted effort to reduce the fossil fuels my family burns. I went with an electric mower, leaf blower & vacuum, weed wacker. I even went with an electric corded chainsaw. 2 Years ago we went with a Plug in Hybrid car and in the next year or two my wife is going to trade in for a full EV..... One thing you won't be seeing me do however is tell someone else what they need to do.
Hats off to you. My personal feeling is battery power will and is finding it's way into main stream use. No need to ban gas powered, we will all purchase what is needed for the job at hand and fuel emissions will benefit through that transition.
Congratulations to you RGrant I have no problem with people making a choice! When you make laws without considering unintended consequences it gets landscapers going to have trailers with charging facilities? doesn’t California already have electricity problems brown outs? My grandparents had an electric weed wacker (corded) in 80s worked for their small city lot.
I saw my first charging station for EV's at a rest area/gas station someplace in PA when we were on our way home from vacation. I didn't see any cars plugged in.
They will have to plug their battery chargers into current bushes.....if they can find any unburned ones!
That's actually not so far fetched. It's going to cost $$ for sure. But a solar roof trailer (using the truck for backup power) with an inverter/battery bank that powers chargers for battery tools is certainly not a technical impossibility today. Right now the buy-in for quality battery tools is quite steep as well. Rapid chargers, backpack battery systems, the tools themselves, are all $$$$. The other problem may be equipment/battery theft too. Swipe a gallon of gas and the boss is out $3.00 plus the container. Both of which can be replaced in minutes at pretty much any time of day. Now a $400+ tool battery which has a huge end-user market and is only available at dealers of that tool-brand.......
MasterMech I knew it was possible, why I suggested the possibility, what I don’t know is the cost. The durability/ longevity of solar panels on a trailer on what I assume are less than smooth roads and bridges. Charging times for said equipment etc etc I presumed lawmakers didnt have these answers either.
By the time the powers that be have legislated all home owners/retail elements to wired electric or battery (house, power tools, lawn tools, automobile etc.), it won't mean that they have done away with hydrocarbon pollution. Instead they will only have reserved all the hydro carbon fuels exclusively for commercial or government use. This will restrict civilian mobility and also add another profit layer (batteries) into commerce. I doubt the environment will see lasting improvement!
