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Should leaf blowers be banned? Freedom is important but if the result is miserable living you want to escape then perhaps a some kind of rules are viable alternative. Live alone free or join community with rules.

I like the idea of eco village but these projects are often ran by religious cults, I would prefer atheistic and science friendly eco village.

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I just mean that typically these communities require you to do some form of manual labor to "take care of" the housing or making food. Nevermind that you might be able to do the same thing on your own land in your own time and come away doing less work on average then if you're forceably conscripted to do these tasks for the community. It's not at all about what type of technology you'd use to do the task but rather having to do it at all.

Gas blowers should be banned -- too much pollution for the little value they bring to society.

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