The EPA estimates that 10% of the nation's air pollution is caused by lawn equipment such as chain saws, lawn mowers, golf carts, blowers and weed whippers. 5% can be contributed to lawn mowers alone. More fuel is spilled each year by Americans topping off their lawn equipment than was spilled by the Exxon-Valdez.

Warm fires and cold nights, these are the things of fairy tales and folk lore. Sitting beside the fire was not only a way to stay warm, it was there that families found the center of their union, where romance and connection flourished.