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Golf, 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/2021-1
by DoreenMichele 3y ago
Golf, 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.