| Even if you are not an environmentalist, the price of | | | | long without human intervention. This has two benefits, |
| gas will definitely make you a conservationist. Gas | | | | the most obvious is more time to do other things. The |
| prices continue to climb. Personally, going to the gas | | | | second is the less time people spend doing yard work |
| station with my little red gas can is not a trip of leisure, | | | | the less money they are going to spend on their yards. |
| it has always been a chore. | | | | Translation: fewer herbicides and pesticides equals less |
| It is common knowledge that gas powered lawn | | | | underground water contaminates. |
| mowers are serious environmental polluters. It is | | | | By allowing the grass to get too high and then cutting it |
| estimated that 1 hour of lawn mower use equals | | | | too low causes thatch. Thatch is that long dead cut |
| driving an SUV 100 miles. I have read that lawnmowers | | | | grass that smothers the roots and prevents the |
| contribute up to 5% of the nation's pollution. Even more | | | | morning dew from reaching the tender roots on top, it |
| alarming comparisons and statistics can be found on | | | | also acts like a blanket in the hot sun. By allowing the |
| the internet. | | | | robotic lawnmowers to cut frequently only the very |
| Fertilizers and weed killers are contaminating our rivers | | | | tips of the grass are cut. Since the clippings are very |
| and streams. Herbicides that run off yards in | | | | small they break down very rapidly and become a |
| Minnesota affect the Mississippi Delta just as much as | | | | natural fertilizer. This means the need for less water |
| those used in Arkansas. We worry about terrorists | | | | and less application fertilizer, yet a much lusher and |
| attacking our water supply as we cumulatively lay | | | | greener yard. |
| down the spring and fall weed-and-feed. | | | | Robotic lawn mowers run on batteries, they burn no |
| Even as more cities are putting on water restrictions, | | | | gas or oil. It is estimated that it costs only $7.00 a year |
| lawn sprinkler companies are hard pressed to keep up | | | | in electricity to mow all season long. That is quite a |
| with demand. During the driest times one only has to | | | | savings! |
| drive a few blocks in the early morning to get a free | | | | Due to higher quality components robotic lawn |
| car wash. Even in a pouring rain sprinklers systems are | | | | mowers built today have a life expectancy of about 10 |
| going full tilt. | | | | years, the same as a quality riding lawn mower. |
| So what can we do to keep our yards looking nice | | | | In summary, robotic lawn mowers emit no pollution, are |
| without doing harm to the environment? Robotic lawn | | | | fully autonomous, and will dramatically reduce the need |
| mowers are one answer. | | | | for watering and fertilizers while making your yard |
| Robotic lawn mowers can mow on a schedule and | | | | even more green and beautiful. Save the planet and |
| return to the charging base by them selves all season | | | | save the sweat. |