Blog #1 - Automatic Solar Powered Lawn Mower
Question 1: Typical gas powered lawn mowers not only are harmful to the environment but also can be time consuming and take about 2 hours to fully mow a lawn. The main pollutants that gas powered lawn mowers emit include hydrocarbons, particulates, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide. As stated by Mark Sodja from "A Greener Lawn: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Your Lawn Mower", just using a gas powered lawn mower for 1 hour is roughly the same as driving your car 40 miles. On the other hand, robotic lawnmowers nowadays can be very costly with many models well over the $1000 mark. This is most likely due to the advanced electronics that the companies use. The automated solar powered lawn mower that we plan to design and create, would save time, money, and be environmentally friendly. Question 2: The image above from "A Greener Lawn: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Your Lawn Mower" is a great way to look and compare the current ways to mow a lawn. Robotic lawn ...