Below are some quiet, lightweight, energy efficient alternatives to help mow your lawn. Your big box retailers want you to abuse your oil gas mower and toss it in the landfill like these to the right. The promote "Why not just buy a cheap one every few years", "they arent supposed to last"... $$$ for them.
It does seems like an American Right to have a loud, gas smelling lawn mower but really who needs that... These lawn mowers require no oil changes, no gas to buy, no sparkplugs, throttles and will have no broken starters, no oil clogged filters, limited pr no rust and they just start right up with very few moving parts.
You can use the rechargeable cordless versions say by black and decker or similiar or purchase a long extension cord and use the "corded" versions. Once you figure out to just work away from the extension cord you are set. Yes your neighbors on their fancy expensive John Deeres may scoff at your 100 foot orange power cord but guess what as they are traveling to the gas station to fill up a 5 gallon container for $20.00 you are plugged in and done for pennies. If you choose the old school push mower you will use no electricity and just use your body power! Another alternate is to let some of your yard go natural... planting wildflowers or setting up areas to attract birds.
I was looking for a photo of a pile of broken lawnmowers like at your local dump. Like here http://www.flickr.com/photos/73448981@N00/2348359080/
and found this... Wow - check this project out... $699 could make it prohibitive but maybe in the future. Probably a recycled electric motor would work or some kind of charging station that could charge several units? Solar powered lawnmower
http://www.appropedia.org/Solar_Charged_Lawnmower
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