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Solar energy farm uses sheep to mow the grass
Reuters ^
| 5/4/23
| Reuters Video
Posted on 05/09/2023 10:45:35 AM PDT by DallasBiff
STORY: This solar farm 'mows' the lawn with some wooly workers
The farm says they got tired of wasting their own energy keeping grass trim
And that they turned to sheep as a greener and more powerful method
[Rexhep Rrudhani, Shepherd]
“They realised that mowing the lawn was very hard and they asked me whether I can bring my sheep. I said yes and I brought my sheep here. The plant’s manager gave me the water for the sheep because they have a well that is 90 meters deep. This is necessary during summer. When I do sheep shearing, I always do it here because they also provide me with free electricity. I want to thank them for everything because they are helping me a lot.”
More than 12,000 solar panels are installed at the farm
And more than 100 sheep and some goats keep the grass tidy twice a week
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: climate; sheep; solar
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I know I will get in trouble for saying this, but what about the sheep flatulence.
To: DallasBiff
Using sheep to keep the ground trimmed — did they think that up all by themselves? Because THAT would be actual news.
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posted on
05/09/2023 10:49:34 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: DallasBiff
They did this in the SF Bay Area on the hills around the highways.
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posted on
05/09/2023 10:49:55 AM PDT
by
Jolla
( )
To: DallasBiff
Big deal - my local park has been using goats and a donkey for years
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posted on
05/09/2023 10:50:18 AM PDT
by
NWFree
(Sigma male 🤪)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
05/09/2023 10:51:09 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DallasBiff
![](https://i0.wp.com/onpasture.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Riding-Mower-With-Grass-Catcher-Sheep.jpg?resize=555%2C370)
Riding Mower with Grass Catcher.....................
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posted on
05/09/2023 10:54:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DallasBiff
That's alotta sheep
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posted on
05/09/2023 10:55:40 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: DallasBiff
WHHHEEEERRRREEE’S Bbbbiiiiiffff
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:02:55 AM PDT
by
Irenic
To: DallasBiff
Wooly 180 pound locusts. I farmed in Wisconsin for a decade. My herd of ewes ate 1,800 pounds of hay every day from October thru April. They grazed 80 acres from May Thru September.
For anyone interested in real life experiences in sheep farming, read the book "Today I Baled the Hay, to Feed the Sheep, the Coyotes Eat"
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:04:59 AM PDT
by
blackdog
((Z28.310) We're all Women now.)
To: V_TWIN
Visual pollution, mass waste, unreliable.
Single nuclear power plant ftw.
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:05:51 AM PDT
by
Irenic
To: DallasBiff
Wish my subdivision had a flock of sheep that could just make the rounds. Better than the deer...
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:06:25 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Irenic
Yep. All that acreage wasted that coulda been used as habitat for humanity houses for illegal aliens. 😏
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:09:30 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: DallasBiff
I haven’t had sheep but goats dearly love chewing on wire. Trailer lights are a favorite.
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:09:54 AM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
To: DallasBiff
Step carefully around the piles of sheep and goat poop...
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:11:33 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: V_TWIN
Ha! On that topic—I’m not a H4H fan.
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:12:28 AM PDT
by
Irenic
To: V_TWIN
How much heat is created by all that black they hate so much ?
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:17:28 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(45 is Superman! )
To: Irenic
The ones where I am usually turn into drug dens sooner or later
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:17:33 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: butlerweave
Not only that but who cleans ‘em?
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posted on
05/09/2023 11:18:19 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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