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Liquid Trees (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Dumb take. If someone crashes their car into one of these, it can be replaced in a few days. Trees take decades to grow in ideal conditions. Between tall buildings in a city is far from ideal conditions.

Also algae is way more efficient at converting CO2 into O2; I think it's maybe multiple times more efficient using the same amount of light.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As an emergency responder, I can say with confidence that when a car hits a tree, it's rare that the car wins. The tree usually just shrugs it off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Emergency responder in a big city? Trees will fuck up a car no doubt but not usually the tiny ones lining the streets of major urban centers, most I see get to be maybe 5 in across. But it may all be location dependant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes. Even a 50mm (2 inches) tree trunk will usually win against a car on urban roads.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've definitely seen "median trees" and "sidewalk trees" here in Atlanta get removed or replaced after a car hits them. But for sure, large trees can easily shrug off a car crash. Those are just not usually in heavily urban areas like these tanks are meant for.

Not that it is super relevant to this discussion, but last month someone with a chainsaw cut down multiple (I wanna say a dozen or so) trees along a street in Atlanta in the middle of the night. Who TF would do that?!?! Sad and pointless....

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Dumb take, by the guy who has no idea how much it costs to maintain these tanks or any understanding of the scales involved, all while wanting to live in a world of green goo in tanks instead of one with trees in their cities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Who said I wouldn't want to live in a city with trees? I just said that in some areas, these make more sense than trees.

Jeez, get off the Internet for a while. Obviously you're looking for someone to argue with. I'm not that guy.