Alternatives to green mowing
Perhaps a section can be made called "green mowing" in which the several green mowers are described. Besides making a pv electric mower, a regular mower on a electric battery is a better possibility (the PV panel is expensive, and can only catch sun when mower is outdoors). A PV panel on the roof of the house catches sun all the time and can also power the mower aswell as the house itself (if connected to a battery bank or other energy storage system).
also, another possibility is a conversion to a hydrogen internal combustion mower (by using hydrogen or oxyhydrogen as a fuel).
Finally, I would propose to change this article to a autonomous pv mower (perhaps with mulching). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_lawn_mower
Also perhaps an extra section may describe on how electric mowers with cord can be converted to a battery-powered lawnmower —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.246.163.201, 2 May 2009
- Good point about where to put the panels. Really, this is not a practical project for most people and most cases - it just makes an exercise for engineering student.
- I wonder if there's a way of indicating that on the page, without "taking over" the page from the person who did the project. Comments are one option (meaning we need a way to bring good comments to the top, like many sites do to a degree). Or we could have a "committee" that gives their assessment - more problematic, less democratic, though it wouldn't preclude others making their comments below as well.
- Category:Lawnmowers has some other brief notes on this topic. --Chriswaterguy 18:21, 2 May 2009 (UTC)