I live in Texas, it comes with a unique flavor of people - my neighbors. I was walking Malibu (my golden retriever) and stopped to chat with a neighbor mowing his yard. I asked about his mower - an 80volt Kobalt electric push mower . He liked it a lot, was glad he didn't have to store dangerous liquids in his home (gas & oil) and enjoyed the exercise. I commented that the pollution from small engines was a significant source and that the internal combustion engine used in these tools was still based upon 19th Century technology. I knew that he was a tech guy with a very large database company. I was proud of his choice. Like a true Texican, he remarked that was not his concern - that moving to electric was just moving the source of pollution from one place to another (his lawn to the power plant). I suggested that that was true AND that the power plant was designed to deal with the pollution. He ignored that info, I assume he was...