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tbh im a little worried that killing all lawns might be another mao sparrows moment where like, the reduction of ambient moisture from people constantly watering their wasteful lawns ends up being what keeps ecosystems working or something
and without like, rewilding large portions of it, maybe makes things worse. I don't think anyone knows.
im just sitting here thinking about how much water is sprayed basically onto huge evaporative cooling beds
The thing I think about is how every lawn is essentially a macroorganism that is photosynthesizing every day, especially when it is kept watered, reducing the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere.
It's very much a “trading one problem for another” sort of thing, and maybe this is something where people who live where water is abundant get to have lawns and those of us in, say, Western states don't.
there's way better things to plant than grass, the issue is what happens when a lot of people decide they're switching to something else and kill their lawn in the meanwhile
if replaced with region appropriate scrub and bushes and trees its pretty good. an issue in australia is in developed areas with no lawn space (and more importantly, no trees), to pack more detached single level housing into the same space, there is no moisture in the microclimate, no shade, just sun direct onto concrete and asphalt causing significantly increased temps. high density multi-family dwellings with more green space would be ideal
lawn grass is a poor store of carbon - it grows quickly, but it is mowed frequently and allowed to decompose or even dumped
