Re: [Pen-l] Necessary Sacrifices for Environmental Sanity?

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agriculture is by far the worst offender.  Until corn fructose knocked down the 
price of sugar, farmers nearby used to grow irrigated sugar beets -- a ridiculous 
use of water.  California uses irrigation water to grow highly subsidized cotton, 
which causes havoc for African producers ...


On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:00:16AM +0200, Gassler Robert wrote:
> What are the other 99 1/2 percent used for? 
> 
> >According to the Wall Street Journal, golf courses consume enough water to 
> >supply the household needs of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Can you 
> >imagine the ruling class acting to limit its favorite "sport"? Newport, 
> >John Paul. 2008. "Play It as It Dries." Wall Street Journal (3 May): p. W 
> >1.
> >
> >http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120976555972963663.html?mod=todays_us_weekend_journal
> >
> >"Nationwide, golf-course irrigation consumes less than half of 1% of the 
> >408 billion gallons of water used daily, a golf-industry report concludes. 
> >Even so, that's a lot of water -- two billion gallons a day, or enough to 
> >satisfy the household needs of more than two-thirds of the U.S. population, 
> >according to the U.S. Geological Survey."
> >
> >
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