Fitness, carbon footprints and leaf blowers

I'm looking out of my office window and watching a leaf blower 'literally' blow stuff around. I wonder just how many calories sweeping leaves burns ... versus the carbon footprint of an environmental services company investing in good brooms and fast workers. Also the consider the wasted labor to chase the leaves that are blown here and there.

If we utilized two workers for each leaf blower in America, how much better-off would the economy be, our global warming situation and the general productivity of the workforce be?

How many times have you been on the phone when someone with the gas-powered leaf blower walked by, and they said "hold on, the freakin leaf blower is going by, wait a sec"? It breaks the flow of a sales call.

How quiet would it be if two people with brooms were walking by your window? I think the effort and emissions of leaf blowers is wasteful. The employees would be better off, the landscaping company would safe lots of dough and the offices they serve would maintain their calls.

The employees may take 30 minutes or just a bit more to do their jobs but think of the impact! No need for a gym or cholesterol medicine, daily action means wellness.

I am going to work on the initiative to make landscaping companies responsible, quieter and more environmentally conscious.

What do you think?