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- ZhiZaki, on 11/14/2009, -13/+140What about the 100 acres of land that gets more water and attention that most 3rd world countries?
- borez, on 11/14/2009, -11/+118Kill a golfer... save the planet.
- Ninh, on 11/14/2009, -10/+85Luckily all problems of mankind are solved so we can deal with golf ball degradation.
- Bowie, on 11/15/2009, -1/+55
Remember, kids. That's "toxic zinc", as opposed to normal zinc. They're apparently two completely different elements, after a sufficient number of bong hits at the Greenpeace rally.
You'll find "toxic zinc" on the Periodic Table right next to "carbon emissions" and "irony", in the "Elements Hippies Don't Understand" column.
Here's a hint, Moonbeam. Go dig through your parents sofa for some pocket change. Find a penny made after 1982? That penny has more zinc in it than about 1,000 golf balls. Go back to your bong, and leave the soil chemistry to the grown-ups.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc - bluenile, on 11/15/2009, -2/+55everyone with an ass
- TyrelVnne, on 11/15/2009, -17/+48My first question: Who gives a *****?
- Hollywood, on 11/15/2009, -3/+31No, you have up to a 1000 years to find your gold ball before it is dust. At the 1000 year mark the golf ball is no longer a golf ball.
- BREZZZ, on 11/15/2009, -5/+31My first question: Who made a golf ball 1000 years ago for us to find out?
- FaithclubDotNet, on 11/14/2009, -4/+28You have something against zinc?
- ninjagames, on 11/14/2009, -3/+261000 years?? well jeez theres gunna be golfballs lying all over the earth years from now
- shillabus, on 11/15/2009, -3/+24I would pay to see that.
- Syric, on 11/15/2009, -1/+20Yeah, but... there's such a small amount of zinc (less than the size of a golf ball, in fact) and it's released over the course of a millennium. So we're talking, what, a fraction of a gram every year, per ball? This somehow doesn't sound like a huge threat.
- Bowie, on 11/15/2009, -2/+21
Drop a penny in the grass? YOU HATE THE PLANET. - doesmybrethsmel, on 11/15/2009, -1/+15I work at a golf course. The other crew members and myself had to chop down a tree for removal. In the center of the tree was a ***** golf ball from when they first opened which was 1919. Perfectly preserved. Looked like a dinosaur egg.
- tgc1, on 11/15/2009, -12/+25Alarmist Environmentalist *****.
- RagingReid, on 11/15/2009, -8/+21Theoretically then, if I live to be a 1000, the ball I plunked into a water hazard yesterday will still be around for me to use. That's awesome. It was my lucky ball, but I was too lazy to fish it out. Now I can wait 1000 years!
- caseycoold, on 11/15/2009, -2/+15Ok, well then lets make my house out of golf balls, or at least the frame.
- iheartbakon, on 11/15/2009, -0/+13Don't forget about di-hydrogen monoxide. I know it's not an element, but it's a compound that has been involved in many deaths.
- skyblaze, on 11/15/2009, -2/+13George Carlin hated golf and he made some very good points (although not about the golf ball environmental impact).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C7c-nZIyfc - JoeNaguib, on 11/15/2009, -1/+11lol what Hollywood said. The article wasn't "golf balls magically materialize in their owners lap in 1000 years."
Also, would golf balls in water erode not decompose? and wouldn't the rate at which they do so be different?
EDIT: also, there are companies that go fishing for golf balls in water at golf courses, clean the balls, repackage them, and sell them. So I give it a few months tops before that sucker's gone. - mjoe, on 11/15/2009, -1/+10sounds like a bad excuse to keep looking for your ball in the woods
- Thud, on 11/15/2009, -0/+9It would suck to eat 425 pennies, only to realize you could've accomplished the same thing by eating just 17 quarters.
- elliotys, on 11/15/2009, -3/+10It takes me about 3 holes : (
- SuicideMouse, on 11/15/2009, -1/+8If there was a fire there would be no way you'd make it out alive, or your neighbors.
Inside (some) golf balls are TONS of tiny little elastic bands that, when set on fire, become flying, flaming, elastic bands which shoot in all directions. - oboshoe, on 11/15/2009, -3/+10eh.
1,000 years is a blink of the eye in time. If I would've guessed, I would have guessed they would last far longer.
Only 1,000 years pretty much means they are biodegradable. Actually the article states that it takes between 100 and 1,000 years. 1,000 years is a worst case scenario.
Its not everyone is buying thousands of these things a year and throwing them away. (like water bottles perhaps?)
finally FTW "hey release toxic zinc in the process."
WTF do they think zinc comes from? - oboshoe, on 11/15/2009, -1/+8
"is anyone here a marine biologist"???? - maeon3, on 11/15/2009, -0/+6Toxic Zinc. That's like saying "Toxic potassium".
- ricksite, on 11/15/2009, -0/+6So a golf ball doesn't degrade for a thousand years? Sounds like a good carbon store to me.
- ChromaVita, on 11/15/2009, -0/+5What about the element of surprise. That should be on the periodic table.
- AmyVernon, on 11/14/2009, -7/+11And fashion, too boot.
- uruururr, on 11/15/2009, -1/+5those numbers are definitely ridiculous, but i would like to point out that they are based on maintaining a golf course in a dry climate. certainly youre going to waste a ton of water in arizona vs scotland.
- ub3rgeek, on 11/15/2009, -3/+7Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key...
- candorny, on 11/15/2009, -2/+5Typical *****..."take between a century and a milleennium" becomes 1000 years?
And even with the low end...how do we know? - istoner, on 11/15/2009, -1/+4Ironically the world's best golfer's last name is Woods.
- MrSparkle666, on 11/15/2009, -3/+6Only 1000?!
- audioslavery, on 11/16/2009, -0/+2These environmentalist ass holes just want to ***** everything enjoyable up! All the money invested on Zinc free golf balls could go help build your wind farms or send water to african villages.
So stfu environmentalist douchebags and leave golf balls alone!
/rant - verynegative, on 11/15/2009, -1/+3Nickelback sucks.
- anumv4ever, on 11/16/2009, -0/+2if I live to be a 1000, the ball I plunked into a water hazard yesterday will still be around for me to use. That's awesome. It was my lucky ball, but I was too lazy to fish it out. Now I can wait 1000 years!
- monodelasno, on 11/15/2009, -0/+2Late by half a day
- WhoBob, on 11/15/2009, -5/+7What a total peice of useless information
- piieerrrree, on 11/15/2009, -0/+2The same people who were still around when fossils were "started" so they could tell us how old they are, *****.
- zoomaKabu, on 11/15/2009, -0/+2I believe you because you're an expert on men's balls.
- davmattucci, on 11/15/2009, -1/+3I'm assuming you're a vegan since the biggest offender of the environment is meat consumption/production, right?
Try to keep in mind that despite the environmental impact of golf courses (whose numbers are misrepresented in your comment by the way) the PGA and other golf-related charities do more for local and national charitable organizations than all major sports COMBINED.
I think there are some bigger environmental offenders, and some bigger problems that need our focus than say, zinc emissions from golf balls. Lets start with, oh, I don't know, two wars, economic collapse, or some such other nonsense...
Seriously, zinc emissions? There's NOTHING better focus on? - pigsbladder, on 11/15/2009, -3/+5golfers have tiny balls
- czarcasm, on 11/15/2009, -2/+4Or colostomy bag for that matter..
Thats just wrong. - gadgetlust, on 11/15/2009, -0/+2Come back, Zinc!
- denizen42, on 11/15/2009, -0/+2This is below Youtube retardation.
- PhilliesBlunt, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1Ever watch Golf on television? It's like watching Flies *****!
/carlin - hazard99, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1They still have an ass. Nothing comes out of it though.
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