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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
My main motive is a CIVIL discussion. Sports are a big part of all the world's societies. I picked out an individual sport - golf to illustrate that for EVERY sport there will be ADHERENTS and DETRACTORS. Golf, boxing, or whatever? I liked Mohammed Ali, but in later life, I felt that boxing as a PRO sport was too violent and too injurious to the participants. I also feel that football NEEDS better helmets.
Now to your #2 point......the US landmass that is USEABLE is decreasing as we see to the coastline and fire-prone interior as we speak (current events). What will happen when we have 600 million people in the US? incidentally, if you could have lobbied for limited growth in US population to about 250 million people, then I would probably NOT be even mentioning global warming and I would NOT have any problems with golf courses. And when it is thought about the screen A.I. golf idea is a GREAT compromise. I just INVITE golfers and techies to work on it.
#3.......Yes, agreed! Grass is a plant that produces oxygen and captures CO2, but NEVER as much as the forest that a golf course replaced! WE are trading information, lovely!
#4........Yes agreed! But, the dust stopped is probably 1,000 times greater than the original forest. And a forest does NOT need to be fertilized! Thus, saving the mining of phosphates and the dollar costs and air pollution costs of the mining equipment's internal combustion engines.
There is nothing wrong with a golfer LOVING their sport. There is just a downside to any sport and virtually any activity. I would call upon golfers to call for more trees to be planted along their fairways. And maybe to form a club that plants young saplings in state and national forests in areas where a fire had burned through. Also, to encourage laws to NOT allow private dwellings in state and federal forests! Thank you, sincerely!
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Thank you! Can't argue with much of that (other than AI golf, which is really ridiculous when you think about it. Actually, that kind of already exists at top golf and similar facilities. Unfortunately, it's not even close to being the same. Sort of like flag football---I doubt you would get much support for replacing the NFL with flag football). Trees are good----
Tree and Rain Forest Facts
Trees renew our air supply by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.
The amount of oxygen produced by an acre of trees per year equals the amount consumed by 18 people annually. One tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year.
One acre of trees removes up to 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide each year.
So, 125-150 acre golf course producing O2 for 4-7,000 people equals between 27 and 56 people/acre, or 1.5-3x a "forest". So, cut more trees and build more golf courses!!!!!