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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Environmentalists are strong supporters of open spaces, for helping with local watershed, water runoff, wildlife habitats, oxygen production, air pollution, cooling hot temperatures.  The broader public gets these benefits [b]without payment.[/b][/quote]

But we do pay higher taxes to compensate for country clubs paying lower taxes.   Preferential tax rates aren't costless.  [/quote]

Exactly.

And golf courses aren’t exactly wildlife sanctuaries either. Between the vast ecological deserts of turf, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and the lack of beneficial habitats for most animals, country clubs don’t do much for ecology.

It would be better if they were carefully managed and allowed to grow as wildflower meadows. That would greatly benefit pollinators and birds, as well as curb fertilizer run off into our streams. [/quote]

This.[/quote]

You should do more reading.  Golf courses provide huge eco benefits.  Take water runoff from storms as a simple example.
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You are out of your damn mind if you think golf courses provide ANY kind of ecological benefit.

They are only SLIGHTLY better for the environment than an asphalt parking lot. [/quote]

Here is an idea.  Lets turn golf courses into concrete parking lots per the suggestion.  Then, we can figure out where the rainfall goes from the summer storms.  Simultanously, we can figure out where the wildlife goes.  Parking lots are not good habitats for wildlife.  We then can figure out how to lower the hot summer temperatures with all that asphalt.  Parking lots mean more roads and cars, so more noise pollution.  What about the oxygen generated from trees, shrubs, and grasses on golf courses.  I prefer to breath oxygen over carbon dioxide.  Who is going to pay to maintain that large asphalt parking lot?  MC is broke.
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