Pat Myron 🔸

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  • Attended more than three meetings with a local EA group

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Offsetting has multiplier effects.. people constantly make significant sacrifices attempting to marginally improve their personal sustainability, so publicly offsetting decades worth of personal impact with a weeks' earnings seems worth the statement

NB: I'd consider them regardless, but offsetting's a solid nudge 

acting president [...] unelected official

While Musk is influential, it wasn't clear you were talking about him until your reply

Checked the 8 links in the first section and they've all been archived on the publicly accessible Internet Archive for at least half a year. There's also browser tooling to access those archives quicker

Agree the bottom comment is significantly more complex than reactions. The top 2 could be reactions 

Robots cost ~$2k/acre (similar to annual landscaper hiring costs), so they're cheaper than riding mowers or landscapers. Additional costs are for push mowers who don't value avoiding mowing time. Adjacent neighbors without fences/walls/etc. could seamlessly share a robot

Many entities require mowing; rules must change before certain individuals can mow less

Injuries have been relatively steady for decades, are often male, residential, and involve riding mowers

While injuries are mostly residential, landscaping (and pollution and labor cost/time) mostly isn't. Municipalities, parks, schools/colleges, sports complexes, golf courses, cemeteries, and farms regularly mow hundreds of acres each

Certain robotic mowers handle surprisingly steep angles (45°)

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