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This reminds me of a news piece from my area about 10 years ago. A field was to be mowed, and they were considering options. They could get some high tech self
by alnwlsn 2y ago
This reminds me of a news piece from my area about 10 years ago. A field was to be mowed, and they were considering options. They could get some high tech self guided lawn mower, or they could let a herd of goats graze on it. They went with the goats.
It did not go over well with the former lawn mower operators, who found themselves no more employed than they would have been if the robotic lawn mower took their job instead.
- bluGill 2y agoWith goats someone has to fix the fence, apply vaccines, and lots of other labor. Not as much as a lawn mower operator though.
- some_random 2y agoMaybe there were indeed more jobs created by using the goats, but those jobs were likely filled by people other than the human lawn mowers.