The Democrat war on gas continues. Now, Democrats propose jailing Washingtonians for using gas-powered landscaping tools like leaf blowers.

State Representative Amy Walen (D-Kirkland) pre-filed legislation that makes sweeping additions to the Washington State Clean Air Act. HB 1868 bans “gasoline-powered and diesel-powered landscaping and other outdoor power equipment” for “contributing to climate change.” The bill lists a number of unintended health consequences tied to the tools, as well, including the claim that they cause asthma.

The bill gets to the ban by empowering the Department of Ecology to “adopt rules to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new outdoor power equipment” by either January 1, 2026 or sooner, if the state determines it’s feasible to do so earlier. Washingtonians are expected to upgrade their equipment to zero-emission alternatives. Government work, however, is partly exempt.

To make the transition more palatable, the zero-emission alternatives would not be subject to a sales tax. But it would still be prohibitively expensive for many small businesses.

Violating this law could mean up to 365 days in jail or a significant fine.

Traditionally, violating bans like this wouldn’t land someone a jail sentence. You don’t throw a grocer in the pokey for handing a customer a plastic bag filled with plastic straws. They get warnings and fines, but no jail time. Yet, when one’s goal is driven by a cult-like environmentalist movement, one is more willing to go to extremes. Though their extremes have some limits.

The ban would apply to both government entities and private contractors working for the government — until it doesn’t.

Though Walen blames leaf blowers and other small tools for destroying the planet, her legislation exempts all government agencies or contractors working for the government from adhering to the ban under emergency circumstances. Gas powered equipment is far more powerful than the battery-powered alternatives. When it’s an emergency, Walen wants the work done quickly and effectively; if it’s for a business, she effectively says, “tough luck.”

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Say you got a lot of messy trees on your property and you need that gas powered blower? Well that's just too fckn bad you climate change denier. How about a year behind bars for you instead...

This reminds me of these corrupt politicians banning gas stoves , and then when they show a pic of themselves cooking thanksgiving turkey, they’re all using gas stoves lol .
Rules for thee,but not for me

Clown world goes honk
These people are literally insane

Unfortunately there is no opposition to these lunatics in WA state either so whatever they decide they want to do, they do.

Democrats attack fossil fuels while simultaneously gas lighting (no pun) everyone about high gas prices

I bet you they’ll program AI to convince people to off themselves.

Live south of Seattle, come and take it you commie scum.

Joke on them, I'll get rid of all the trees

Who would enforce this?

It sounds like the perfect answer but out here in most cities and suburbs you will need a permit to take down a tree on your property and they will only allow you a very limited amount if any depending on the property. If you do get a permit to take one, you will need to use an electric chainsaw now apparently...

It’s probably on its way . Democrats and liberals want all the whites dead for some reason . I guess it’s so the country can go lawless and implode on itself . Probably their plan all along, create a society that is at war with its self , all the while the elites are hiding underground waiting for the population to fizzle down to a half billion , just enough to have a class of slaves to keep food coming .

Srs , This might make for a good movie script

They would have enough people on board with it that someone in the neighborhood would likely rat you out. Besides that, who would risk it with a 1 year jail sentence as punishment?

Can’t believe I’m the first to say this, but are they trying to put all of the illegals out of work?

Landscaping is one of the easiest start up businesses there is. It’s going to also hurt the youth. Displacing the youth out of work is bad, very bad.

My guess is illegals will continue to work illegally.

That's a very good point. I would guess 95% of all commercial landscape crews are Latino maybe legal but most probably not. The lady proposing this bill says that commercial landscapers will have to trailer around generators to keep all their equipment charged up. Since you cant use a gas powered generator, is a solar generator going to keep everything charged up all day? Imagine the cost to the business to pay for all that. This whole thing is laughable...

A permit to take down a tree on your own property?

What the actual fuk.

Welcome to Seattle where trees are more important than people...

Okay, but imagine police officers show up, decide to enforce it, a struggle happens, someone gets killed, and the headlines are, "Black man killed by white officers over a leaf blower."

Even though the officers are Hispanic.......

Who enforced the absurd covid masking mandates when push came to shove?
The police readily enforced all kinds of unconstitutional crap throughout all of 2020 and 2021 over covid, even slightly into 2022. What makes you think they wouldn't do it again? Furthermore, the media spin on an incident over a gas powered leaf blower law being enforced (a leftist, and therefore mainstream media concept) would be a lot more favorable to the cops than when the cops are doing actual cop work.

Can't believe you actually had a good take for once, Kraken. But I also had to LOL @ your sig. Then I suppose you can't complain it is unfair if a commie comes and steals your toothbrush.

Democrats for the last few years have been trying the experiment of not charging criminals, and releasing prisoners. The result has been an increase in crime rates seen mainly in Democrat run cities.

Strange that now Democrats want to imprison people for using gasoline.

I'm sure there will be some "selective" enforcement if you know what I mean...

wow this bill is obviously targeting Mexicans

how can this even be legit