Gardeners switch from loud gas tools to quiet electric ones

Have you ever heard a loud leaf blower early on a Sunday morning? Many people dream of a quieter world. Now, gardeners are trying to make that dream real.

Landscape gardening uses many tools. Most of these tools use gas. Gas tools are loud, dirty, and they smell bad. But they work well, and they are cheap. For many years, gardeners did not want to change.

Now electric tools are better than before. They are quieter. They are cleaner. They do not smell. But they still have a problem. Electric tools need to charge. The battery does not last very long. A gardener must stop work and wait. This is slow and boring.

Companies are making better batteries. Some new electric tools work as well as old gas tools. They are becoming cheaper too. But the change is very slow. Many gardeners still use gas. They know gas tools well. They do not want to learn something new.

Cities want to stop the noise. Some cities say: no more gas tools. You must use electric. But this costs money. Some gardeners cannot buy new tools. They keep their old tools.

In the future, electric tools will probably be normal. But right now, we still hear many loud leaf blowers on Sunday morning. The change takes time.

What do you think? Do you like quiet mornings? Would you pay more money for an electric garden tool? Or do you think gas tools are still better?

Inspired by reporting from BBC News.