All because you refuse to recycle, go vegan, plant your own garden, handwash and line dry your clothes, and give up your autonomy and freedom to Government
Why Golf Might Not Survive the 21st Century
Water shortages exacerbated by human activity and climate change mean golf will need to adapt to new standards—or perish.
The sport of golf today evokes images of lavish country clubs and pristine greens which often alter and dominate environments that can’t sustain them. But the game’s history predates land-moving bulldozers, industrialized irrigation, even sprinklers and lawn mowers. Golf can trace its origins back to the late Middle Ages, when it was a stick-and-ball game played in the rolling hills of Scotland. Birds and insects flew nearby and ate native plants, which grew freely on the greens. (snip)
Nowadays, golf is a favorite boogeyman of the environmental movement, seen as a symbol of water-wasting opulence enjoyed primarily by the wealthy. Golf courses in drought-parched areas in the American Southwest and southern Europe have been targeted with municipal water cuts—and, at times, accused of evading them. In August, Extinction Rebellion climate activists descended upon the Vieille-Toulouse golf club and the Garonne des Sept Deniers golf course in southern France, filling their holes with cement and tearing up greens to protest their water use as the region suffered a historic drought. While dozens of villages faced water shortages, golfers enjoyed a privilege “worthy of another world,” they said.
Golf doesn’t use as much water as hydro-villains like industrialized agriculture, but it certainly gulps down far more than its fair share. Golf courses use more than 2 billion gallons of water per day for irrigation, or about 0.5 percent of the total water withdrawn in the U.S., according to figures published by the United States Golf Association (USGA). While water usage varies heavily by region, up to half of all golf courses in Arizona have exceeded their yearly water allotments over the past two decades, despite shortages of the Colorado River water the state relies upon, the Arizona Republic reported in July. Many Arizona courses hit with water cuts have vigorously fought back.
Holy cow, this is a long piece whining about the use of water on golf course, which is really one of sustainability, not climate doom. And they never really get to supporting the headline and subhead. Just another typical case of doom-mongering from climate cultists. It doesn’t matter if it is true, it doesn’t matter if it really has nothing to do with ‘climate change’, it’s all about freaking people out with a headline, since most people won’t read beyond.
Golf is the least of Arizona’s worries. There isn’t enough water to support the people who are swarming there. Glorious scenery but nothing to support lifr. California at least has some precipitation in the north. Arizona has rock and sand. Lawns, trees, flowers waste more water than the golf courses. Then there are the cooling outdoor water sprays.
Arizona is always going to depend on “stolen water”. Adapt or move.
There is no shortage of (fresh) water.
What’s lacking is the energy to produce it, or the political will to build the infrastructure to save it when it’s abundant to use in times of drought.
Speak for yourself. In Virginia, clean water is so abundant, it literally falls out of the sky. In a lot of places, it trickles out of the ground too. But then, Virginia isn’t a desert or a MAGA city.