Google is Hiring (Weed consumer wanted??)

Internet search engine giant Google is hiring, but with a little twist. In your resume, you’d need to be a weed consumer to apply?! Well, weed as in the unwanted grass, shrubs, brushes; not the marijuana “weed”; and they are not “kidding” either when they say they are actually hiring goats to mow out their lawn. Though Google is mostly remembered for revolutionizing the way we use the modern-age Internet, they have resolved to using an old-school method of getting rid of the weed around their Mountain View Headquarters campus (in Northern California): goats. Google has brought in about 200 goats from California Grazing to thwart wildfires.

Google hired goats to mow their lawn!

Wildfire?

Yes, wildfire. California is prone to wildfire as constant drought in certain areas dries up the weed. Grass and brushes that grow during brief rainy season in the spring months could turn into nature’s WMD during the summer months. During the summer months, under dry and uber hot conditions, the dried weed poses a serious threat as any ignition source, may it be a lightning bolt or as simple as a lit cigarette butt could spark an inferno that causes millions (if not, billions) of dollars in damage, and possibly even the loss of life.

Okay… but why goats?

According to Google’s Blog, it costs about the same to operate a lawn mower and to “hire” goats to weed out the brushes. Besides, the goats don’t consume petrol (thus less CO2), they are much cuter, and much more fun to watch. They’ve even got the green lights from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for hiring of goats to mow their lawn. Goats, Google’s environmentally friendly wildfire prevention method. Nice. =D