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Originally Posted by woj
In what way do they impact the environment? certainly beats putting up a factory I would think? and golf course employs dozens, if not 100s of people, so what do you mean no jobs get created? and that's on top of all the jobs created to actually construct the golf course...
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The take water in huge amounts from dwindling supplies, they then add fertilisers, pesticides and other chemicals to grow grass where grass isn't meant to grow. They can also destroy natural habitat, if built close to the sea destroy natural barriers against the erosion. The amount of water they consume is scary, I believe there's a drought in California which feeds off the same water system as many golf courses.
Wait till the price of food goes up, or they build one close to you and your water gets expensive or contaminated.
They do create minimum wage jobs, waiters, bar staff, caddies, but little wealth flows out from the golf courses which are all enclosed and self contained.
As for world politics, these golf courses are built anywhere they can be. As for the President of the US and a Brit interested in who is in the White House. My cousin fought in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the special forces.