U.S. leads countries where golf courses occupy more land than solar, wind plants
U.S. leads countries where golf courses occupy more land than solar, wind plants
Researchers say the 10 countries with the most golf courses could install up to 842 GW of utility-scale solar or 659 GW of wind capacity on land equivalent in size to that used for the sport.
Ok, now I need to see the graph that compates countries' golf courses vs solar fields as % of area.
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.
Now compare that with livable surface area.
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?
unseen benefits of golf : keeps a lot of pricks busy and out of the way at weekends.
think carefully before returning golfers to the general population.
This has already been posted here I think
Meh. At least it’s green space and not a strip mall or a parking lot.
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.
it's a private greenspace of minimal social, communal, or economic value. it's a high maintenance monoculture play ground for the very wealthy