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Is it a waste if he or she enjoys it? With a few exceptions, California's water problems are not due to residential use, but rather over-use by agriculture, whi
by whyenot 10y ago
Is it a waste if he or she enjoys it? With a few exceptions, California's water problems are not due to residential use, but rather over-use by agriculture, which uses almost all the water yet represents only 2% of California's GDP. If having a big lawn will increase your quality of life, have a big lawn.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoThe law regulates many a thing that people might enjoy, but for one reason or another, we don't permit it.
- whyenot 10y agoYour whole argument revolved around large lawns being a waste of resources ("in California, of all places!"), not that "excess" water use is unlawful
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- toomuchtodo 10y agohttp://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/04/the-problem-of-lawns/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/04/the-problem-of-lawns... "Today, American lawns occupy some 30-40 million acres of land. Lawnmowers to maintain them account for some 5 percent of the nation’s air pollution – probably more in urban areas. Each year more than 17 million gallons of fuel are spilled during the refilling of lawn and garden equipment—more than the oil that the Exxon Valdez spilled. Homeowners spend billions of dollars and typically use 10 times the amount of pesticide and fertilizers per acre on their lawns as farmers do on crops; the majority of these chemicals are wasted due to inappropriate timing and application. These chemicals then runoff and become a major source of water pollution.Last but not least, 30 to 60 percent of urban fresh water is used on lawns. Most of this water is also wasted due to poor timing and application."