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U.S. leads countries where golf courses occupy more land than solar, wind plants (pv-magazine-usa.com)

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The United States tops the list, with more than 16,000 golf courses, followed by the United Kingdom (around 3,100) and Japan (around 2,700). Canada, Australia, Germany, South Korea, France, China and Sweden round out the top 10 countries.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Now compare that with livable surface area.

[–] houseofleft@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

How meaningful is the golf vs renewables comparison? Wind and solar require different ammounts of land, especially factoring in offshore wind? Also, Sweden has one of the cleanest energy make ups, but a comparitively high amount of golf courses, so like, I dunno?