Re: lawns and global warming

**a*@aol.com**

Which brings up an interesting question.  In at least  some parts of the 
country, when golf courses close, they are replaced by  housing developments.  
On, for example, a 50-acre former golf course, you  might now have 16 
McMansions on 3 acre lots, or 50 smaller houses on 1-acre  lots, 150 even smaller 
houses on 1/3 acre lots, or 1,000 or more townhouses,  with lots of paved 
roads. 

So, the question is this:  Which is better (or, rather, less  bad):  a golf 
course with all its liabilities?  Or a housing or  townhouse development 
with the attendant paved surfaces, heading/cooling  systems, their own water 
requirements, automobiles, requirements for new schools  and other buildings, 
etc?  I don't pretend to know the answer, but it would  make an interesting 
study, if it hasn't already been done.

Lina

In a message dated 1/22/2010 9:02:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
grahamjfr@gmail.com writes:

And, perhaps  more to the point, Judy, what about golf  courses?
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