Re: Cash for Killing Your Lawn

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Cash for Killing Your Lawn
July 31, 2009 01:37PM

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In Las Vegas, the [second-]biggest desert city in the U.S., and still one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation, the local water utility is offering cash incentives to replace water-sucking lawns with drought-resistant landscapes.

http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/07/20/cities-creative-water-savings

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Frank Furter

Re: Cash for Killing Your Lawn
July 31, 2009 01:43PM

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Bit of possibly correct trivia:
I was informed by the pilot on a commercial flight into Las Vegas that it is the largest city in the world founded after 1900! Extraordinary growth, especially considering the lack of local rescources.

The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/01/2009 09:26AM by Frank Furter.

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Vince

Re: Cash for Killing Your Lawn
August 01, 2009 08:54AM

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I think a well-landscaped desert front or back yard with native plants and rocks (and add a few non-native cactus) look terrific. If you live in the desert, why would you want a lawn? This thinking helped dry up Owens Lake!

Here, try this.

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Frank Furter

Re: Cash for Killing Your Lawn
August 01, 2009 09:36AM

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Considering everything, the best place for freshwater may be Canada:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/WATER/en/info/facts/e_quantity.htm

The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan