Comment on U.S. leads countries where golf courses occupy more land than solar, wind plants

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• compostgoblin@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Grass may be green, but I wouldn’t call a golf course a ‘green space’. Between the amount of pesticide and fertilizer they use, and the fact that it’s a monoculture, a golf course is pretty much an ecological dead zone.

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  • lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Plus the amount of water to keep nonative English grass on American soil green makes it even woese than a strip mall

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    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Aren’t most golf courses using non potable/recaptured water these days?

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      • lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s still fresh water not bring treated and when you have rivers at record lows every oz you can get is worth it

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• Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  it’s a private greenspace of minimal social, communal, or economic value. it’s a high maintenance monoculture play ground for theevery wealthy

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