The use of drones in agriculture is already common, and many more uses for crop and livestock monitoring and management are predicted for the near future. Besides saving time, and money, drones greatly reduce the need for ground vehicles thereby saving significant amounts of fossil fuels. While these savings are welcome for improving environmental quality, they pale in comparison to the environmental advantage envisioned by former NASA Engineer, Lauren Fletcher. Fetcher's start-up company, BioCarbon Engineering, promotes nothing less than reforesting the earth. The company's motto is, "Changing the world one billion trees at a time." The link below includes a brief video, and a description of exactly what they have in mind.
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