Psssst, hey Larry Dobson (“Soundoff,” Feb. 10, “Whidbey needs its own power”):

Want to wager that 99 percent of all generators sold on the open market in the USA today are powered by four-stroke engines?

I’ll even further wager that of the 99 percent, 20 percent of them are powered by diesel or some sort of compressed/liquified gas.

Let’s take a popular orange home improvement center and see if they offer a generator with a two-stroke engine.

Nope.

What about one of the local auto parts store that has an S in their name.

Nope.

What about the local saw and mower shop with the P in their name.

Nope.

Hmmmm, I sense a trend here.

Let’s look on the Web site for a popular (and expensive) car, motorcycle and generator manufacturer and see if they offer a two-stroke powered generator.

Well imagine that, none of the generators they sell use two-stroke engines!

They all use four-stroke engines.

And guess what, they are all EPA and carbon monoxide compliant.

Ooops….

Let’s see what engine a national generator manufacturer with the letter G in their name uses:

Four-stroke engine.

Another motorcycle/generator manufacturer with a Y in their name:

Nope, all four stroke engines.

How about that nationally-known maker of lanterns and camping stoves, they make generators, let’s see what engine they use for their generators.

My oh my, a four-stroke engine.

What about that nationally-known mower manufacturer, the one with the B and the S in their name.

They make generators. Guess what, they use a four-stroke engine in their generators.

You really should do your own research next time Larry Dobson, instead of regurgitating the vile and pernicious lies from whatever eco-nazi Web site you copied your “information” from.

Oh yea, about the biomass that dropped out of our trees and onto our power lines … most of it was removed by cutting it up into smaller pieces that could be safely moved.

Guess what tool is most commonly used to cut up trees?

A gasoline powered chainsaw.

What is the most common chainsaw engine type?

The two stroke engine.

Joe Hawkins

Oak Harbor