How to Reduce Pollution Using a Robotic Lawn Mower

Even if you are not an environmentalist, the price oflong without human intervention. This has two benefits,
gas will definitely make you a conservationist. Gasthe most obvious is more time to do other things. The
prices continue to climb. Personally, going to the gassecond 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 lawnunderground water contaminates.
mowers are serious environmental polluters. It isBy allowing the grass to get too high and then cutting it
estimated that 1 hour of lawn mower use equalstoo low causes thatch. Thatch is that long dead cut
driving an SUV 100 miles. I have read that lawnmowersgrass that smothers the roots and prevents the
contribute up to 5% of the nation's pollution. Even moremorning dew from reaching the tender roots on top, it
alarming comparisons and statistics can be found onalso 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 riverstips of the grass are cut. Since the clippings are very
and streams. Herbicides that run off yards insmall they break down very rapidly and become a
Minnesota affect the Mississippi Delta just as much asnatural fertilizer. This means the need for less water
those used in Arkansas. We worry about terroristsand less application fertilizer, yet a much lusher and
attacking our water supply as we cumulatively laygreener 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 upin electricity to mow all season long. That is quite a
with demand. During the driest times one only has tosavings!
drive a few blocks in the early morning to get a freeDue to higher quality components robotic lawn
car wash. Even in a pouring rain sprinklers systems aremowers 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 niceIn summary, robotic lawn mowers emit no pollution, are
without doing harm to the environment? Robotic lawnfully 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 andeven more green and beautiful. Save the planet and
return to the charging base by them selves all seasonsave the sweat.