I guess I'm the only non-environmentalist in this said subject RE: electric lawnmowers, etc. for I'm still using a flathead gasser (you guess right! a B&S).
Yeah, been an avocate for B&S single cylinder engines (from 1955 tiller to whatever I can get my hands on) for their simplicity and easy to service/maintain. They are not very efficient when compared to Honda OHC engine and tend to be quite smokey (not the oily type) due to poor combustion (thus the carbon accumulation in combustion chamber, which B&S typically recommends manually unbolting the head portion and scrape the piston head with a plastic scraper, weird eh?)
While I may consider going electric eventually, at this moment: I can either stay on with a 15 yr old gasser (which still runs great) or taking on my parent's 20 yr old BD corded type..(brushes been replaced numerous of times, deck rusty, handle switch broken, etc.) Oh well, I guess the answer is not as difficult in my case...
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