What would happen if we managed to get rid of every single rat on the planet. The great rat extinction.<p>Would other species take it's place? Mice?<p>Or would the planet just be a better place?
Reminded me of this job offer from the city [0], 2 years ago! Seems it paid off then!<p>Searching for this post, I ended up scrolling through the HN result of "new York rats" [1]. It paints quite a story! Couldn't imagine it was such an intense topic (running for more than a decade!)<p>[0] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33819860">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33819860</a><p>[1] <a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?q=new+York+rats" rel="nofollow">https://hn.algolia.com/?q=new+York+rats</a>
The year is 2025. New York takes the bold, unprecedented step of storing their waste in receptacles which <i>cannot</i> be easily chewed through by pests. Will this wild experiment yield results? Scientists remain skeptical.
deploy remotely controlled small rat-like robots, where the public can sign up like a game to pilot those bots and kill rats to score points and make a small amount of profit.
Steel cans provided by the resident are the best option for cost and sustainability. “Metal recycles forever”.
Residents should be forced to provide their own metal cans with tightly fitting or latching lids. Garbage collection should not be provided 6 days a week to Harlem that’s wasteful. Once a week at most is more reasonable.