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Get rid of golf courses first. I saw many on my road trip from one side of the state to the other. We also need more water storage because we just had a ton of
by someonehere 3y ago
Get rid of golf courses first. I saw many on my road trip from one side of the state to the other.
We also need more water storage because we just had a ton of rainfall and let it run out to the ocean this summer.
- nwellinghoff 3y agoCan you report some numbers relative to total water use that justify that statement? Golf is a very popular sport and they often use reclaimed water not suitable for drinking. The grass also has a “function” as its the surface for the sport. Do they really account for that much water usage vs everyone having a lawn that does nothing?
- DoreenMichele 3y agoGolf, he said, consumes less than 1% of all water used in California, but nearly 25% of Coachella Valley water. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-09/steve-lopez-column-heat-drought-coachella-valley-golf-courses-water-use https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-09/steve-lo... I have mixed feelings about golf courses, but there is a thimbleful of actual data for you.
- sentientslug 3y agoOkay, and what percentage of drinkable water do the golf courses use?
- vGPU 3y agoYou forgot the line right before it. > Kessler said the valley has less than 1% of Southern California’s population, but 28.6% of its golf courses. The entire article actually made me feel better about golf courses existing than before I read it, and I think golf is stupid.
- YeBanKo 3y agoSan Francisco alone have 6 public golf courses. And some of them are loosing lots of money, primarily due to cost of upkeep. And they are literally used by a handful of people at a time, while every other patch of land is packed with visitors.
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- photonerd 3y agoYou… don’t read much, do you?
- iraqmtpizza 3y agoI recommend About Face by Army Colonel Hackworth and Red Storm Rising
- photonerd 3y agoA Tom Clancy novel, really?
- iraqmtpizza 3y ago"The detailed research is so believable that I expect this unique thriller to be an instant best seller in the Kremlin."
- photonerd 3y agoAgain: it’s a Tom Clancy novel. It’s fictional
- iraqmtpizza 3y agoOnly an idiot is incapable of gleaning insights and information from fiction.
- relativ575 3y ago> Get rid of golf courses first. I saw many on my road trip from one side of the state to the other. Do you know what the golfers would say? "How about you tech people stop playing games, so there would be less energy consumption and less manufacturing, obesity would be less of an issue; you stop traveling so there would be less CO2 emission. Golf is the only pastime hobby for me now and you want to get rid of it?" How would you respond to that?