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Google Mows With Goats

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 4, 2009 @06:30AM from the google-goats-gruff dept.

Kelson writes "Google's Mountain View headquarters has fields that need to be kept clear of fire hazards. This year instead of mowing them, they took a low-carbon approach: they hired a herd of goats to eat the grass for a week. 'It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers,' wrote Dan Hoffman."

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Side Effects? by mlingojones · 2009-05-04 06:33 · Score: 5, Insightful

Google employees no longer have to worry about tall grass during fire drills!
...now, they have to worry about goat shit.
Re:Excuse Me But... by TooMuchToDo · 2009-05-04 06:45 · Score: 5, Insightful

Net-zero carbon output. Fossil fuels release CO2 that has been trapped for quite some time. Goats are releasing CO2/methane that was recently stored as energy in grass.