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Read THIS and tell me Human Beings are not Destroying the Planet
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Bet you thought I was talking about climate change didn't you?
How about good old fashioned squandering of resources..
[link to www.waterinfo.org]
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WATER AND GOLF COURSES...
...Amount of water it would take, per day, to support 4.7 billion people at the UN daily minimum: 2.5 billion gallons
Amount of water used, per day, to irrigate the world’s golf courses: 2.5 billion gallons
Number of golf courses in Japan before World War II: 23
Number in operation or soon to open in 2004: 3,030
Average amount of pesticides used per acre, per year, on golf courses: 18 pounds
Average amount of pesticides used, per acre, per year, in agriculture: 2.7 pounds
Amount of water used by 60,000 villagers in Thailand, on average, per day: 6,500 cubic meters
Amount of water used by one golf course in Thailand, on average, per day: 6,500 cubic meters
Area that could be covered to a depth of 2 feet with water drawn from the Colorado River by the city of Las Vegas, which uses much of that allotment to water its more than 60 golf courses: 150,000 acres
Current area of the wetlands of the Colorado River Delta, which now receives just 0.1 percent of the river water that once flowed through it: 150,000 acres
[snip]Edited to less than 50%
Realize that "climate change" isn't the problem. That is unless you're a native creature in the Colorado (formerly) Wetlands.
Get a clue people.
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