Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury
Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury
Climate activism has intensified in the past few years as the planet warms to dangerous levels, igniting more extreme heat, floods, storms and wildfires around the world.
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There's an enormous gap between private jets & yachts, and golf. Most cities have municipal golf courses that are affordable and they even rent out clubs. Golf is a relaxing sport that preserves green spaces that would otherwise be parking lots. I've seen a lot of hate against golf on this site already though, so I guess it's fashionable to hate it now.
It wouldn't necessarily be a parking lot though would it? That's just convenient for your argument. The truth is it would be extra easy and cheap to turn golf courses into public parks, with local trees and flowers instead of water guzzling grass. That would improve weather events, wildlife and human lives' quality in the area.
There's plenty to be outraged about other than golf. Cities aren't running out of space because of a golf course.
Maybe not space, but water.
From 2003-2005, the average water use for golf course irrigation in the U.S. was estimated to be 2,312,701 acrefeet per year. That equates to approximately 2.08 billion gallons of water per day for golf course irrigation in the U.S.
Source: https://www.usga.org/content/dam/usga/pdf/Water%20Resource%20Center/how-much-water-does-golf-use.pdf
When I was in Africa they wanted to tear down a huge forest to build a golf course so tourists would come
Golf in the desert is a ridiculous luxury, even if it's city-owned. They tell us not to flush our toilets, but dump gallons per hour into those short little greens.
True, but golf in the PNW, or tropical areas is almost self-maintaining for watering.
"The yachts are just a small issue, focuse on the bigger issues first!" Said the yacht owner.
"There are so little private jets, you should focuse on bigger issues first!" Said the jet owner.
There's an enormous gap between private jets & yachts, and golf. Most cities have municipal golf courses that are affordable and they even rent out clubs. Golf is a relaxing sport that preserves green spaces that would otherwise be parking lots. I've seen a lot of hate against golf on this site already though, so I guess it's fashionable to hate it now.
Said the golf player.
"Green spaces" A golf course is basically a giant lawn. That space would be better as a park with actual trees and shit for everyone else that doesn't give a shit about golf.
You make a compelling point. I think my hatred of golf is perhaps reactionary.
On the other side of things, golf courses take immense amounts of water, and earned its reputation as a rich person's sport. While there may be some more affordable courses, it's more often expensive and takes that green space away from the public to be sequestered to the wealthy.
And they have to clear land to build the course
Well, golf courses in california or arizona are to me criminal. Because of the water use. And golf courses in the middle of cities are deeply irresponsible land use. And yeah, I'd like more public land and more intermingling between the wealthy and the poor. But I suppose I've seen some responsible golf courses. I know of one that doesn't even have or need sprinklers.