How meaningful is the golf vs renewables comparison? Wind and solar require different ammounts of land, especially factoring in offshore wind? Also, Sweden has one of the cleanest energy make ups, but a comparitively high amount of golf courses, so like, I dunno?
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cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
The United States tops the list, with more than 16,000 golf courses, followed by the United Kingdom (around 3,100) and Japan (around 2,700). Canada, Australia, Germany, South Korea, France, China and Sweden round out the top 10 countries.
houseofleft@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Now compare that with livable surface area.