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Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy (phys.org)
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[–] The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure Seattle has an ordinance making changing a park to something else very challenging to impossible. Technically golf courses are parks, though I'd argue terrible ones, making it a much smaller lift to turn them into better (actual) parks and let the golfers go out of town.