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The Blower Wars are heating up, not to be confused with The Boer War, which was a different event entirely. The conflict taking shape here in New Jersey has nothing to do with the late 19th century hostilities between the British Empire and the Boer Republics of South Africa, I’m not entirely sure why I mentioned it. I digress. The Blower Wars, a name I’m trying hard to make stick, is the battle over eardrums and lungs being fought where and whenever lawns are tended. Gas-powered leaf blowers are, as you are well aware, hilariously loud and filthy. These archaic two-stroke engines are good at …