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minus-squareNewNewAugustEast@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·edit-21 day agoJust for sake of saying, worldwide, golf courses use between 2.5 billion and 5 billion gallons of water PER DAY. Can we get rid of amazon and golf courses? Golf courses get the extra sweet sauce of maybe an average of about 10 to 30 metric tons of pesticide a day, and then there is the fertilizer…
minus-squarebrachypelmide@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoI couldn’t believe the numbers and a simple lookup on Wikipedia confirmed the horrors - all golf courses in the U.S. together use approximately 2.5bn gallons A DAY for irrigation. That is such an insanely high number.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-211 hours agoGolf courses are also a massive waste of space
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoProbably why they believe it’s “no big deal.”
minus-squaredil@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·8 hours agoEveryone benefits from aws, the vast majority of people will never play golf
Just for sake of saying, worldwide, golf courses use between 2.5 billion and 5 billion gallons of water PER DAY.
Can we get rid of amazon and golf courses?
Golf courses get the extra sweet sauce of maybe an average of about 10 to 30 metric tons of pesticide a day, and then there is the fertilizer…
I couldn’t believe the numbers and a simple lookup on Wikipedia confirmed the horrors - all golf courses in the U.S. together use approximately 2.5bn gallons A DAY for irrigation. That is such an insanely high number.
Golf courses are also a massive waste of space
Probably why they believe it’s “no big deal.”
Everyone benefits from aws, the vast majority of people will never play golf