fertiliser

Why do Americans spend such huge amounts of time, money, water, fertiliser and fuel on growing a useless smooth expanse of grass?

为什么美国人要把如此大量的时间、金钱、水、化肥和燃料花在一大片平整却毫无用处的草地上呢？

At the moment we are losing our groundwater very quickly, destroying soil nutrients, and farmers are going into debt because they are dependent on fertiliser and other inputs.

目前，我们正在非常迅速地失去我们的地下水、破坏土壤养分，而农民们正在欠债，因为他们依赖于化肥和其它投入。