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How do you propose to get the lawn mowers and crew to/from Google HQ?

• Femur 17y ago
  A smaller herd of goats perpetually maintained on the grassy area in question would do the trick. Upkeep of this smaller herd may be an issue however. How much husbandry do goats need?
  • anigbrowl 17y ago
    Not much. As long as you have a fence to stop them running out into the road, goats will just wander around and munch grass all day. As will sheep. They need to be checked by a vet a couple of times a year. You guys are confusing the requirements for industrial farming (where you're committed to deliver a certain amount of milk or meat every x weeks) with the basics of animal husbandry. As long as you don't have so many goats that they eat the grass faster than it grows back, everything will be just fine. Keeping animals on a free range basis is extremely low-maintenance and low-impact. They just eat, poop, sit around and reproduce every so often.
    • aaronblohowiak 17y ago
      "They just eat, poop, sit around and reproduce every so often." - where do I apply?
    • HeyLaughingBoy 17y ago
      Yeah, but goats are escape artists I raise chickens and have looked into having goats for milk (not this year: don't have the time) and fencing is a major issue. One of my neighbors has goats and they are always getting out.
• delano 17y ago
  A couple people in a truck with a couple lawn mowers would produce fewer emissions than a goat transport. In any case, I believe the point he's trying to make is that it's not an obvious net win in terms of carbon emissions.
  • graemep 17y ago
    Then again, if you eventually sell the goats a for food into the local market you are likely to reduce emissions on food transport. Of course, I have no idea what the demand for goat is in that area (surely there are some Indian restaurants that can do a "mutton" curry), or whether the US has the same idiotic regulations that the EU does that forces the shipment of animals for slaughter.....