There is no arguement that for infrequently used household tools battery powered ones are very convienant .
have no problems when told some one bought one because they found them more convienent.
In fact I have advised quite a few of my customers to buy battery powered gear for one reason or another.
The MASSIVE objection comes from those who buy them for the reason of virtue signaling telling all & sundry how THEY are saving the planet.
The truth of the matter is the use of battery powered tools causes a substantial increase in the overall amount of pollution on a global basis
So while you might get clearer sunnier skys in California, eventually the pollution from China Chille Indonesia Brazil etc etc will drift across them because there are no border walls for the atmosphere , unless of course Mr Trump is relected in which case he will of course build them and make some one else pay .
There is a big difference between doing some thing to benefit the environment and beeing seen to do something that you say will benefit but actually will do the opposite.
Add to that the fact that even where it is physically possible to recycle the old batteries, it is not and never will be economical to do so.
Thus California will export all of the old dead batteries to some third world country for unsafe disposal killing thousands as is currently done with most of the e-waste from the nice clean technology companies based in California.
