This debate always leaves me puzzled. It seems people hide behind the possibility that man isn't a player in global warming when the real issue is, is there global warming? If so, is it a problem. If so, what can we do to reduce the effects of global warming?
Bringing it back to golf, we still have a ways to go if we are going to be considered "environmentally friendly". I know supers out there don't want to hear that, but the rep of golf is so poor that it means the industry as a whole will have to go the extra steps. Otherwise, because golf is an easy target as a luxury activity, if times get really hard, we could find ourselves shut off from the minimal resources needed to keep courses going. I know some clubs are taking steps right now to become more self sufficient with water and as well as becoming more efficient. Why, they suspect new laws will eventually come into place whereby water will be severely limited to clubs who can't demonstrate a certain level of conservation with water, and I suspect that also includes wastage in old systems which leak.
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