Re: lawns and global warming

**G* R* <g*@gmail.com>**

And, perhaps more to the point, Judy, what about golf courses? Why are we
wasting so much water and all that mowing, dethatching, weed and pest
control etc on such huge areas of managed grass used by so few people for
occasional recreation? Apart, of course, from the fact that the legislators
at federal, state and local level are mostly golfers!

Sorry, but all that water, from all those spectacularly inefficient
sprinklers - it just makes me so mad!

Graham

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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Judy Lowe <hardbackwryter@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Since lawns -- and getting rid of them -- are often a topic on this list, I
> thought I'd mention a new study from UC Irvine that came out this week, in
> case you haven't seen it. It says that although grass does sequester carbon
> in the soil, the greenhouse gases created in caring for turfgrass (mowing,
> dethatching, watering, etc.) negate the benefit. The researchers actually
> say that greenhouse gas emissions would be lower if lawns didn't exist.
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> http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2010/0122/Lawns-may-contribute-to-global-warming
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> http://today.uci.edu/news/nr_turfgrass_100119.php
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