{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So when people talk about golf courses as a drain on dry environments\nLike, it\u2019s not like alfalfa fields or nut orchards where...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/176508812638/", "html": "<p>So when people talk about golf courses as a drain on dry environments</p><p>Like, it\u2019s not like alfalfa fields or nut orchards where the crop that represents all this water investment gets shipped across the world</p><p>If you draw water up from an aquifer and pour it on the ground above that aquifer, or if water falls on some ground and ends up trapped in a reservoir and then you pour it on the ground, where in the water cycle is the loss exactly?</p><p>Like, I\u2019m open to the possibility there\u2019s a good answer, it\u2019s just not obvious</p>"}