Here's an interesting article. This might play right into China's hands unfortunately. America's Lithium Industry
Lithium industry could drain billions of gallons of water from Colorado River
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Wasting water on golf courses is almost as bad.
As of January 2023, 18 golf courses in the Coachella Valley use only Colorado River water for irrigation. Another 30 courses use a combination of river water, recycled water, and groundwater.
Golf courses in the Coachella Valley use about 18% of the area's water. A single course can use as much as one million gallons of water per day.
Golf courses use a variety of water sources for turfgrass irrigation, including:
As of January 2023, 18 golf courses in the Coachella Valley use only Colorado River water for irrigation. Another 30 courses use a combination of river water, recycled water, and groundwater.
Golf courses in the Coachella Valley use about 18% of the area's water. A single course can use as much as one million gallons of water per day.
Golf courses use a variety of water sources for turfgrass irrigation, including:
- Groundwater
- Surface water (lakes, rivers, and reservoirs)
- Recycled water
- Municipal potable water supplies
Lotta golf courses in CA. Not a lotta rain.
Look up how much of the California water supply goes towards growing almonds.
Plenty of rain if they captured it. The reservoir/water treatment system is extremely outdated.
They are some nice courses though
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If theres money to be made, someones gonna make it.
Yes, along with the grid. Here's my take: Golf courses are green, with grass and trees, they make oxygen, they're good for the environment, which is what the push for all electric is supposed to be about. If the goal is to go green the golf courses are good for the environment. Having said that I'm not a fan of golf, so maybe they should close them and put up affordable housing for our homeless Vets.
Maybe you need read up on how terrible golf courses are for the environment.
Worse than mining for lithium? FTR the article was not about golf courses, read it, someone else brought that in.
Lotta trees in CA. Mountains full of 'em. There's a private golf course just down the street, La Rinconada. I'm not allowed there.
Membership is $125K with $600 per month dues. Once my Dad asked if we could get him a round; wifey replied maybe we could toss him over the fence.
I have some Japanese Maples I planted. Need a trim, I guess.
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This is the other side of that anti golf course coin.
www.greenkeepingeu.com
www.golfspan.com
No, golf courses are not bad for the environment - GreenKeeping Magazine
There is a media narrative that golf courses are bad for the environment. However, research is finding that, not only is this not true, but golf courses now play a pivotal role in how green a local area is.
www.greenkeepingeu.com
Are Golf Courses Bad for the Environment? | Golf Span
Are golf courses bad for the environment? A little, but not as bad as you may have been led to believe! In this article, we tell all.
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At least almonds are tasty and worth the water IMHO, Avocados too.
It's so bad even Tom Selleck got accused of stealing water for his almond farm.
www.latimes.com
Either way, I think watering the grass at a golf course is a waste if you live in a drought stricken area with limited water resources already.
It's so bad even Tom Selleck got accused of stealing water for his almond farm.
Did 'Magnum P.I.' star Tom Selleck steal truckloads of hydrant water? A real P.I. was on case
The vehicle that officials say was used to pilfer water from a Ventura County water district’s fire hydrant was a white water tender truck, not a red Ferrari driven by a mustachioed man in a Detroit Tigers baseball cap and a Hawaiian shirt.
www.latimes.com
Either way, I think watering the grass at a golf course is a waste if you live in a drought stricken area with limited water resources already.
This got totally sidetracked but quite a few years ago CA was saying how grass was great at combating global warming, each yard was the equivalent of X number of A/c units. Like everything else, grass is now bad. Give it a while....
The worst offenders are owners of Kentucky blue grass in Las Vegas.
I Googled it too coincidentally, and had a good laugh at the sources of the articles for them not being good for the environment. I guess there are a lot of golf haters, lol. We have a few beautiful golf courses on L.I. with a lot of trees and rolling hills. My bet is they're good for the environment, a lot better than lithium mines. How this derailed into golf courses being bad has me scratching my head.This is the other side of that anti golf course coin.
No, golf courses are not bad for the environment - GreenKeeping Magazine
There is a media narrative that golf courses are bad for the environment. However, research is finding that, not only is this not true, but golf courses now play a pivotal role in how green a local area is.
Are Golf Courses Bad for the Environment? | Golf Span
Are golf courses bad for the environment? A little, but not as bad as you may have been led to believe! In this article, we tell all.
The lawns and landscape keep the area cooler and the plants take carbon from the atmosphere and put it in the ground
The Santa Cruz Mountains do pretty good too...
And the majestic redwood trees...
And the majestic redwood trees...
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