HONDA HRC 216 - "a WORTHLESS Gas mower" ???

I'm seeing more & more these Honda's (along with literal flood of all the different brands of gasoline engine lawnmowers) now going up for sale, only to then be replaced with a battery powered (or a battery-electric unit) the like. Find these on C.L. and F.B. [or at yard-sales like I do]. People are literally panicking now and want to be rid of these QUALITY machines, 'why' ?,. FACT: Honda is saying they'll soon discontinue all production of any gasoline engine powered lawnmower in the near future, so I'm finding that when the nicer Honda's happen along, I'll snap them up and recondition them. Afterword, I'll put them put them away (like an extinct Model T Ford), to see in the years to come just what might / and will happen. People are so enamored with 'battery powered' ANYTHING now, that it's manifesting itself into out & out guilt. So, opinions are many ... but mine is to relieve that "guilt", but these up, and have some fun in my refurbishing these beautiful machines *(after I purchase them for literally less than a forth of what people initially paid for literal pennies on the dollar). What's YOUR Opinion ?.