1. It's expensive!
About 10-30 times more than live turf grass.
2. It's extremely
hot during the summer months...and can easily be hot as asphalt.
Your children or pets will not be able to play on it until it is cooled
down, and to do that, you will have to soak
it with many gallons of cold water.
WHAT? Didn't you have it installed to "save on water",
but now you have to soak it WITH water just to "enjoy" using
it? Now that doesn't make much sense...does it?
3. It's difficult
to keep clean. The easiest way requires large amounts of water
to wash away the dirt. That water will run straight into the storm
drains and not back into the aquifer, as with the water you would
use on live turf. Or you can vacuum it, and since it's such a huge
investment, you'll want to make sure you maintain it properly by having
it professionally cleaned......
4. You trade
one for another. Maybe you'll save a little on your water bill,
but not as much as you can save on your electric bill by having LIVE
turf in areas surrounding your home or office. The
lawn area (approx. 1000 sq.ft. per home) in a block of eight average
homes has the cooling effect of about 70 tons of refrigerated air-conditioning.
One ton of refrigerated air-conditioning will cool approximately 400
sq.ft. of interior space. The average home requires about 3-4 ton
of cooling capacity to perform its function. Artificial turf will
not cool your homes exterior or help with your electric bill in any
way.
5. Artificial
turf isn't environmentally friendly as you think. REAL turf
absorbs
all types of airborne pollutants, such as soot, dust and carbon dioxide,
as well as noise.
IMPORTANT
ARTIFICIAL TURF ARTICLES
Please read prior to purchasing
and installing artificial turf
Fake grass has
a drawback: It gets too hot, study says
The Las Vegas Sun
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/15/fake-grass-has-drawback-it-gets-too-hot-study-says/
Turfgrass to replace
artificial turf at Toronto's BMO Field
Athletic Turf News
http://www.athleticturf.net/athleticturf/Athletic+Turf+News/Turfgrass-to-replace-artificial-turf-at-Torontos-B/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/626001?contextCategoryId=3215
TFC (Toronto's
BMO Field) could be on (real) grass by start of next season
The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/article/694657
Artificial Turf:
Does it Increase the Risk of Sports Injuries?
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
http://www.hss.edu/conditions_artificial-turf-sports-injury-prevention.asp
At City’s
Synthetic Fields, High Lead Levels Fuel Debate
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/nyregion/09fields.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
Synthetic Turf
Playing Fields Present Unique Dangers
University of Missouri
http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/ats/news/2005/synthetic/
Artificial Turf
Cleaning Tips - yep, you really DO have to clean it!
http://www.artificialturfcleaning.com/
Reporter questions
plan to irrigate synthetic fields
Athletic Turf News
http://www.athleticturf.net/athleticturf/Athletic+Turf+News/Reporter-questions-plan-to-irrigate-synthetic-fiel/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/581570?contextCategoryId=3215
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