Golf course areas over greenhouse gas emissions in environmental protection!

Golf course areas over greenhouse gas emissions in environmental protection!

A shattering new study by the Jülich research institute and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) shows that far more land areas are used for golf courses worldwide than for renewable energies such as wind and solar energy. According to the results published in the Environmental Research Communications specialist magazine, more land is planned for golf courses in countries such as the USA and the United Kingdom, while the areas for renewable energies are neglected. This knowledge could be crucial for future use, since the areas used for golf courses in the ten nations with most golf courses would theoretically enable the construction of up to 842 GW solar and 659 GW wind capacity, which is far exceeding the currently installed capacity, as the researchers explain. oekonews reported .

area consumption in the focus

The study emphasizes that public discourse often focuses on the water requirements of golf courses, while area consumption is hardly an issue. Very few people are actually actively playing golf, which raises the question of whether these areas are still justified. In contrast, climate protection is increasingly demanding a redistribution of land use in order to accelerate the urgently needed transition to green energy. The potential to gain more energy through the release of golf course areas for renewable energies is enormous and could make a decisive contribution to combating the climate crisis, such as the SPIEGEL .