Is Mowing your Lawn bad for the Environment?

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From: Raymond Shaw
Date: Tue, 23 May 1989 19:05

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This is probably a really stupid question, and this is probably the wrong
place to ask, but I have this question that gets to me each time I mow my
lawn:

Would the lawn produce more oxygen (which I presume is good for the environment)
if I didn't mow it, and just let it grow?

Sorry if this is offensively naive, please e-mail answers, flames, etc. if
you think that no one who reads this would be interested.  Thanks.

-Just a psychologist, not a biologist.

-Ray Shaw
raymond@psych.toronto.edu

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From: raymond@utpsych.toronto.edu (Raymond Shaw)
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Subject: Is Mowing your Lawn bad for the Environment?
Summary: Probably a stupid question
Keywords: lawns, oxygen production
Message-ID: <1989May23.190505.18229@utpsych.toronto.edu>
Date: 23 May 89 19:05:05 GMT
Reply-To: raymond@psych.toronto.edu (Raymond Shaw)
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Organization: Psychology, U. of Toronto
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