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  • From: Marc Wiatrowski <mwia AT iglass.net>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Duke and UNC water astroturf fields
  • Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:55:49 -0400

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 18:36 -0400, Tarus Balog wrote:
> I think this is getting blown way out of proportion. After all, it's
> not like they are watering it to make it grow, or to make it
> prettier; the fact is that dry astroturf is about as yielding as
> concrete. If you want to have collegiate sports on astroturf, is
> must
> be watered heavily. I bet they are also putting water into their
> swimming pools.

Doesn't this just beg a different question... With all the different
kinds of synthetic crap we can make, we can't make "yielding AstroTurf"
that doesn't requiring water!?








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