Lawns in our life

From the ridiculous to the sublime...here are some facts about lawns: 800 million gallons of fuel are used in the US per year to cut lawns which equates to 5% of the US's total CO2 omissions, because lawn mowers are so inefficient! 2.5% of that 800 million gallons of fuel is spilt while trying to fill the lawn mower tanks which is equivalent to one Exxon Valdez oil spill per year. (Statistics taken from a lecture by Alex MacLean, photographer and environmentalist, in March 2006) And on the lighter side, here is a bit of humor: http://www.comptechdoc.org/humor/garden/ Do we really need so much of it? What are your thoughts... Lyn