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by ttyprintk 854 days ago
Yeah for the purposes of runoff, we're prioritizing irrigated area over non-irrigated because of the potential for control. There are plenty of problems in areas where irrigation is not necessary; arsenic in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, etc.

I should have linked to the research rather than NASA, where author Milesi was interviewed:

https://www.isprs.org/proceedings/xxxvi/8-w27/milesi.pdf

>> All believable, but if we’re talking overall, NASA says satellite imagery shows the irrigated area for turf outweighing the next eight crops combined.

> If you have ever driven across the Midwest you know this is incorrect. I could not find that statement in the linked article

Link rot is kicking in.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160330015359/http://sciencelin...