Except that reel push mowers do a poorer quality job of cutting laws than 
either gas or electric mowers.  As noted in the recent Consumer Reports 
tests of lawn mowers.

Tim Bonham, Standish-Ericsson

>I especially want to recommend reel mowers (as power mowers are more
>endemic than leaf blowers at this point). They are quiet, safer than their
>counterparts, and have zero emissions. I've been mowing lawns for about 20
>years and I always HATED it. I just picked up a reel mower (at 1/3 the
>price of the low-end power mowers, mind you) this season and I can say it
>was the first time I ever had fun mowing my lawn.
>
>Now I never had a self-propelled power mower, so the change was from a big
>heavy, clunky, dangerous machine that caused me to breathe in noxious
>fumes for at least 30 minutes a week to a light, agile, safer machine that
>allows me to smell the fresh cut grass and makes an enjoyable whirring
>noise.
>
>- -Michael Libby (Cleveland neighborhood in North Minneapolis)

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