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IlyaShpitser comments on California Drought thread - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: SanguineEmpiricist 07 May 2015 06:44PM

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 09 May 2015 07:46:25PM 2 points [-]

Is this really where any interesting amount of water goes?

Comment author: James_Miller 09 May 2015 08:08:46PM 1 point [-]

Perhaps not, but the norm forces many people to spend lots of time and money on lawn maintenance.

Comment author: lululu 13 May 2015 06:37:30PM *  0 points [-]

Looks like almost twice as much goes to lawn maintenance as to the entire industrial and commercial sectors, and by contrast, lawns have absolutely no productivity or economic benefits.

http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/05/11/california-water-you-doing/