#polluting
#GolfCourses Use More Land Globally Than #Solar or #WindEnergy
Story by Mihai Andrei, February 25, 2025
"The land use of #RenewableEnergy is often criticized in public and political debates. However, a new study shows that something as frivolous as golf courses use up more land globally than solar or wind energy. Golf courses, which often serve a small number of #AffluentPeople, are also terrible for the #environment and use up a lot of #water and resources.
Competition for space
"The lush greenery you see on golf courses is a well-maintained lie. Golf courses use enormous amounts of water — sometimes in regions already facing shortages. Maintaining that flawless grass also means heavy reliance on #fertilizers and #pesticides, which seep into local waterways, harming# wildlife and #polluting #ecosystems. To make it even worse, golf courses are apparently competing with renewable energy for space.
"Every acre we allocate to one use is an acre less for another. Currently, more than 38,400 golf courses span the globe, occupying vast stretches of valuable land. Surprisingly, researchers from Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich found that countries (especially richer countries like the US, the UK, and Canada) dedicate far more land to golf courses than to #SolarFarms or #WindTurbines.
"Let’s put this into perspective. If you take the golf courses in just the top ten golfing countries and convert them into renewable energy, you’d get an extra 842 gigawatts (GW) of solar or 659 GW of wind capacity. And to put that into perspective, that’s more than the entire quantity of renewable energy these countries produce and are forecast to have for a few years.
Replacing golf courses with something more useful isn’t a new idea, it’s already happening in some areas. In Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, an entire golf course now hosts 260,000 solar panels, generating 125 gigawatt-hours annually. Meanwhile, in South Korea, 'screen golf,' indoor simulated golfing experiences, provide a popular, space-efficient alternative to traditional courses."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE
#Renewables #RenewablesNow #GolfCourses #WaterIsLife #Rewilding #WindTurbines
ScienceAlert: The #Ancient #Greeks Were #Polluting The #Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago
#History #pollution
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ancient-greeks-were-polluting-the-planet-over-5000-years-ago
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@theverge #Microsoft Selling #Quantum Without A Basic Scientific Foundation.
They are using exactly the same strategy used in selling us their #NonDeterministic #Fuzzy #Polluting #GenAI #garbage
@loki #Microsoft Selling #Quantum Without A Basic Scientific Foundation.
They are using exactly the same strategy used in selling us their #NonDeterministic #Fuzzy #Polluting #GenAI #garbage
@glynmoody #Microsoft Selling #Quantum Without A Basic Scientific Foundation.
They are using exactly the same strategy used in selling us their #NonDeterministic #Fuzzy #Polluting #GenAI #garbage
@lavxnews
#Microsoft Selling #Quantum Without A Basic Scientific Foundation.
They are using exactly the same strategy used in selling us their #NonDeterministic #Fuzzy #Polluting #GenAI #garbage
@silentexception
#Microsoft Selling #Quantum Without A Basic Scientific Foundation.
They are using exactly the same strategy used in selling us their #NonDeterministic #Fuzzy #Polluting #GenAI #garbage
On voit que les parisiens sont en vacances. Les chemins sont défoncés par les pitbikes, comme à chaque fois fois que la zone de paris est en congé scolaire...
Have you ever been in a traffic jam in a town or city & thought "This is crazy!" (perhaps you simply wish there was less traffic so you wouldn't be delayed)
Lots of #polluting #traffic through where people live is crazy. It's an unhealthy #environment . Lots of moving traffic is particularly dangerous for younger #children. Plus #noise & #AirPollution. It's an antisocial environment!
Why do "we" accept this? (We can do much better than this)
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uks-struggling-thames-water-receives-151540351.html Thames Water “struggling” despite paying out #dividends to shareholders and #polluting our waters with zero consequences (so presumably saving on the treatment they’d otherwise have to do). Which is it then? JFC this country is so corrupt.
#Polluting industries have captured the federal government. They're opening a secure tipline for employees to report the impacts.
#environment #conservation #climatechange
If #money is the only measure.
Then #talk back in money.
#Stop #buying fake #products, #abusive products, #polluting products, made to #break products.
#againstdarkmanners #consciousnessevolution
@economics @education
@rants
'#InsatiableGreed': Richest 1% Have Already Burned Through Their #CarbonLimit for 2025
"The #SuperRich continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence. This is theft—pure and simple."
Jake Johnson, Jan 10, 2025
"An #Oxfam analysis published Friday shows that the richest 1% of the global population has already blown through its global carbon budget for 2025—just 10 days into the New Year. The figures, which arrive amid catastrophic fires in Los Angeles that may turn out to be the costliest in U.S. history, highlight the disproportionate role of the #UltraWealthy in fueling a #ClimateEmergency that is causing devastation around the world.
"Oxfam calculates that in order to keep critical climate goals in reach, each person on Earth must have a CO2 footprint of roughly 2.1 tons per year or less. On average, each person in the global 1% is burning through 76 tons of planet-warning carbon dioxide annually—or 0.209 per day—meaning it took them just over a week to reach their CO2 limit for the year.
"By contrast, the average person in the poorest 50% of humanity has an annual carbon footprint of 0.7 tons per year—well within the 2.1-ton budget compatible with a livable future.
"'The future of our planet is hanging by a thread,' Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International's climate change policy lead, said in a statement Friday. 'The margin for action is razor-thin, yet the super-rich continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence.'
"'This is theft—pure and simple―a tiny few robbing billions of people of their future to feed their insatiable greed,' Dabi added.
"'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet.'
"Oxfam's new analysis came as the @CopernicusEU Climate Change Service confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record and 'the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its #PreIndustrial level.'
"'All of the internationally produced global temperature datasets show that 2024 was the hottest year since records began in 1850,' Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo said in a statement. 'Humanity is in charge of its own destiny, but how we respond to the climate challenge should be based on evidence. The future is in our hands—swift and decisive action can still alter the trajectory of our future climate.'
"Oxfam called on governments to move urgently to curb the emissions of the rich, including by implementing #WealthTaxes, banning #PrivateJets and #Superyachts, and imposing strict new regulations on #polluting companies.
"'Governments need to stop pandering to the richest,' Dabi said Friday. 'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet. Tax them, curb their emissions, and ban their excessive indulgences—private jets, superyachts, and the like. Leaders who fail to act are effectively choosing complicity in a crisis that threatens the lives of billions.'"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rich-carbon-limit
#EatTheRich #YeetTheRich #Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism #CorporateGreed #TechBros #CEOSeason
nge? W#Car #Quote "Get rid of the fucking cars.
There would be plenty of room for strolling, if not for the fucking noisy #idiotboxes taking up too much space and #polluting the air."
gcvsa 
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@gcvsa
https://mstdn.plus/@gcvsa/113731679613320165
(We all do it but at smaller levels or staying minimal means much less damage) .
As a native of #NYC—not a transplant—whose family has lived in NYC for over a century, I have a thing to say about this.
The reason we treat our #sidewalks like highways is because we treat our streets like highways.
Get rid of the fucking cars. There would be plenty of room for strolling, if not for the fucking noisy #idiotboxes taking up too much space and #polluting the air.
#BanCars #WarOnCars #PedestriansFirst #Urbanism #DisabilityAccess #PublicTransit
The beauty industry, led by giants like L’Oréal & Procter & Gamble, is responsible for the proliferation of single-use #plastics & #HazardousChemicals. Numerous cosmetic products contain #PlasticMicroBeads & non-biodegradable packaging, #polluting oceans & endangering marine life. Palm oil, a key ingredient in many beauty products, drives #deforestation in regions such as Southeast Asia, posing a threat to endangered species like orangutans & tigers. (3/3)
#Polluting #Shipwrecks Are the Ticking #TimeBomb at the Bottom of Our #Oceans
As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the #environment.
December 11, 2024
"At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons [and NUCLEAR weapons and materials!].
"For decades, these wrecks have largely lain out of sight and out of mind. But all this time, their structures have been degrading, inexorably increasing the chances of sudden releases of toxic substances into the marine environment.
"In parts of the globe, climate change is exacerbating this risk. Rising ocean temperatures, #acidification and increasing #storminess accelerate the breakdown of these wrecks.
"Of course, wrecks from the world wars are far from the only ones to be found at the bottom of the sea, with many others adding to the problem. The cost of addressing this global issue has been estimated at US$340 billion (£261 billion).
"How many of these wrecks pose a threat to people’s safety, to coastal communities and to the environment? What can be done – and why haven’t we done it sooner?"
The beauty industry, led by giants like L’Oréal & Procter & Gamble, is responsible for the proliferation of single-use #plastics & hazardous chemicals. Numerous cosmetic products contain plastic micro-beads & non-biodegradable packaging, #polluting oceans & endangering marine life. Palm oil, a key ingredient in many beauty products, drives #deforestation in regions such as Southeast Asia, posing a threat to endangered species like orangutans & tigers. (8/12)