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6. 1/3 of Texas' water goes on fucking lawns

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 12:22 PM

Aug 2013

But we never hear about that, do we?

Oh, no, we must have our pretty turf grasses on our bullshit manicured lawns. That way, we can pour all of those wonderful chemicals on them - chemicals that were never needed by native grasses.

Statewide, fracking water use consumes a fraction of lawn consumption. But fracking should still be outlawed, in my opinion.

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Texas town runs out of water after using it for fracking [View all] Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 OP

Inevitable, gleeful posts from DU Texas-haters in 3...2...1... (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #1

They should be careful. Climate change drought will be the new normal across the entire West Coast. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #2

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As expected. So tedious. cordelia Aug 2013 #15

Oh, come on matt819 Aug 2013 #32

Gleeful post from me iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #37

You grabbed the #1 response to say that? Are you trying to turn this thread into a flame war? nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #61

Water is becoming the new oil. Brigid Aug 2013 #4

One resource that will outweigh Iliyah Aug 2013 #5

Remember ENRON? . . . aggiesal Aug 2013 #25

There is some info on Enron's interests and actions in the article linked to at the bottom of my OP Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #29

What about desalination? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #26

Got to have salt water to desalinate. Javaman Aug 2013 #39

Nestle sued tiny village after tiny village in Maine magical thyme Aug 2013 #36

Fla. Gov Jeb Bush GAVE Nestle the right to suck up Fla.'s aquifer, for pennies. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #53

1/3 of Texas' water goes on fucking lawns Link Speed Aug 2013 #6

I lived in Texas for years. Mariana Aug 2013 #13

also golf courses. Javaman Aug 2013 #40

Not just Texas. GoCubsGo Aug 2013 #20

The problem with frackng isn't just the gallons "used." Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #23

Bingo. That's the issue. laundry_queen Aug 2013 #51

The other 2/3rds goes into beer. Texas RULES !!!! nt clarice Aug 2013 #33

st. augustine grass is a blight. Javaman Aug 2013 #41

In U.S., golf courses use 4 BILLION gallons of H2O DAILY! Divernan Aug 2013 #44

Statewide, fracking uses 1%; in some communities it's 25% and rising. Divernan Aug 2013 #48

Whether it's fracking or climate change... thesquanderer Aug 2013 #7

K&R DeSwiss Aug 2013 #8

Fracking is only "logical" if you life in the "bottom line" and don't care about the (near) future. drynberg Aug 2013 #18

You can't fix stupid. And you can't fix greedy, wither. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #9

Want to see a corporatist salivate? Just say "water privatization." Auggie Aug 2013 #10

+++++++++++++ theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #22

"I just dunno. It was there one day and gone the next. I don't fracking know what happened?" Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #11

Water wars here we come! blackspade Aug 2013 #14

it's already happening, just not a whole lot of shooting yet... Javaman Aug 2013 #42

Regulations? SCVDem Aug 2013 #16

Tax cuts alone are not enough. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #24

But we ARE superior. nt clarice Aug 2013 #34

You forgot something! SCVDem Aug 2013 #54

Jawdropping. Thanks for posting. Bkmrkd. snagglepuss Aug 2013 #17

�Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned.... CarrieLynne Aug 2013 #19

Absolutely. Perfect quote. The First Nations consider water to be sacred, Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #30

+1 nt laundry_queen Aug 2013 #52

In all fairness, though, you can't eat trees either jberryhill Aug 2013 #59

whiff truebluegreen Aug 2013 #62

They should try what they did before Kelselsius Aug 2013 #21

Lol Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #27

Great example of wasting our necessary resources. liberal N proud Aug 2013 #28

This is 1 of the most important issues of our time!! I remember this thread... hue Aug 2013 #31

+1 Auggie Aug 2013 #35

Nestle is running wells dry in Michigan as well. louis-t Aug 2013 #38

This should be a NATIONAL EMERGENCY They_Live Aug 2013 #43

Texas would rather shoot an enviromentalist SCVDem Aug 2013 #45

While I'm very much against fracking Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #46

Annual H2O use for fracking is 100% consumptive Divernan Aug 2013 #47

Checked reports canonfodder Aug 2013 #49

This is what happens when resource management.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #50

Drought, lack of xeriscaping, Ilsa Aug 2013 #55

Well if my geography serves.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #57

There was an article about three years ago Ilsa Aug 2013 #60

Frack baby frack malaise Aug 2013 #56

They should move to Alaska like me. bravenak Aug 2013 #58