| Every time a lawn is cut a precious fossil fuel is used | | | | perimeter wire which very quickly grows into the |
| unless it is cut by a push mower. Petrol will run out | | | | lawn and becomes invisible. It is a one-off to instal |
| one day and it seems that if there is a way to use | | | | and may be done by yourself or a trained technician |
| less now that day will be delayed. By using an | | | | if so wished. This wire has a 24 volt current running |
| automatic lawnmower not one drop of petrol is used. | | | | through it, undetected by animals and humans. The |
| Come to that neither is one drop of sweat | | | | mower has sensors and when it reaches the wire, |
| generated! A robotic lawnmower runs on a lithium | | | | backs off and cuts the lawn in a different, random |
| battery and the energy to charge that is minimal. The | | | | way. It might seem that a random path would not |
| annual cost of having the robot cutting the lawn is | | | | cut all the lawn, however the robot does cover the |
| about £6.00. | | | | area. There are different models for lawns from the |
| Another advantage of this mower is that there are | | | | smallest up to 4 acres. The medium size only weighs |
| no CO2 emissions from an automatic lawnmower. A | | | | 9Kgs. |
| normal petrol mower running for an hour gives off as | | | | Until I bought my automatic mower my life seemed |
| much CO2 as 35 cars driving for 100 miles. By having | | | | to be ruled by the lawn in summer. If it was going to |
| no petrol to collect or store is another plus for buying | | | | rain it had to be cut or it would grow too long. |
| a robot. | | | | Another worry was that the lawn needed fertilising - |
| These automatic mowers have been used in America | | | | but not any more. The lawn never needs fertilising |
| and on the Continent for a very long time but | | | | because the automatic lawnmower cuts off such |
| somehow, in the UK they are little known. I have had | | | | minute lengths of grass each time that the clippings |
| a robot cutting my lawn for three years and when | | | | drop onto the lawn and provide natural nutrients; that |
| friends see it trundling around the lawn they are | | | | is another saving of energy as most fertiliser is |
| amazed and most impressed and want to know | | | | imported from abroad using up more CO2 emissions. |
| what on earth it is. The automatic lawnmower is just | | | | My lawn is even cut for me when I am on holiday! |
| that - automatic. It is programmed to cut the lawn | | | | The robot does not go on strike - it automatically |
| automatically, with no human input, at a time that | | | | cuts my lawn whether I am there or not. |
| suits. It could even be during the night as they are | | | | Automatic lawnmowers save energy - both human |
| virtually noiseless. | | | | and fossil fuels. |
| The robot mower moves in an area defined by a | | | | |