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EnigoBongtoya t1_jdabghg wrote

Time to get rid of all sports, esp. Golf.

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Total_Customer_6627 t1_jdabuys wrote

I’m not entirely sure that’s the solution.

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EnigoBongtoya t1_jdadm57 wrote

It's a decent start. Golf consumes a lot of water for nothing. As does modern yards. We should move to more local wildflower like gardens.

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One_Prior_9909 t1_jdb346z wrote

Golf courses tend to use water that's not suitable for human consumption. If you added up all of the water used for golf courses and landscaping, it would only be a small fraction of what agriculture uses. The real problem is farming in arid areas

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kingofpotatopeople92 t1_jdbkgg0 wrote

Problem is both. I do have some doubt that wealthy people are walking around golf courses that are watered with 'not suitable for human consumption water.'

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Widegina t1_jdedqmj wrote

And what they don't know doesn't hurt them. It's common practice to water with non-potable water.

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--atiqa-- t1_jdc2mlu wrote

Tired of people calling golf some rich person activity...

Maybe that is true for some countries like US, but it really annoys me when people say that, yet I'm here in Sweden paying less for golf than a gym membership. Also don't use a golf cart, and walking while playing golf is an activity that's good for you. That applies to most people who play golf here. (Also the climate can massively change how much additional water you need, if any at all)

But no, let's just shit on all the golfers.

I know this is about the water used, but lets be real, you brought it up just because you think it's only rich people doing it.

Golf courses use a small amount of water in the grand scheme of things, and it wouldn't change anything really.

Next we should cancel all other sports that use a lot of water for their grass? Like American football and football etc

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hepakrese t1_jdc5ce7 wrote

It gets bright up because golf courses in the US are built in places otherwise unsuitable for grass. Like the desert.

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--atiqa-- t1_jdc6ta9 wrote

Well yeah, and I agree with that, but that wasn't even brought up here. And since it's an international subreddit, you really have to specify that.

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hepakrese t1_jdc8g98 wrote

🤷 It was brought up elsewhere in the comments and I was simply replying to your response about the US & golf anyway.

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