Well, algae is better at making oxygen...
this post was submitted on 06 May 2025
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Plus it will double as a food source for all the poor people. Corporate is going to love this new marketing campaign. We will sell it as a subscription, but also call it open source In an ending World Hunger campaign. can't miss. Get in now!
Omg they're gonna put a spigot on it. I fucking love this - "Get your green slop, poors."
We need a nice friendly corporate spokesperson. let's put Jerry on trying to steal somebody from Disney. We're going to make an absolute fortune on this.
Trees destroy infrastructure with their roots.
And vice versa. Tree roots need to be exposed to air and paving over them is bad for the tree.
Properly introducing trees in urban environments would take rethinking how we build roads and sidewalks. This thing looks like you could deploy it anywhere.
So why don't we rethink the way we design urban environments to be more friendly to all life rather than the car-centric urban hellscapes we have now?
Because it would take trillions of dollars to do that at scale.
Not saying it's a good justification, it's just the answer to why.
Slowly, over time making our cities better for future generations to live in?
It doesn't have to be calculated in dollars but in quality of life. It's investing in the welfare of your people. Plus, every city that has heavily pedestrianised so far has seen an increase in local spending and a decrease in public infrastructure spending.
So like... Even the money people should know.
What wretched scumbags downvoted this? Even Star Trek had fucking trees Jesus Christ
Beats me. People seem to just want bandaid solutions that "scientists" think up that will cost trillions of dollars rather than solutions like... Planting trees and flowers in neighbourhoods that benefit humans and nature.
I wonder how long one of these algae tanks would have to run to counter the emissions cost of creating, placing and maintaining said algae tank. This shit is literally techbros reinventing the train every other month.
The people with the money only see things one quarter at a time. It's a shame, but that's the way the world is now.
Trees are good for our sanity. The healing tank from Starship Troopers might be good for the environment depending on how it’s powered etc but it is certainly dystopian to look at
cities are already halfway dystopian, why not use algae pools to help compete the look?
Good.
Yeah who needs plumbing, electricity and Internet for anything right?
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If you can't build them without getting in a trees was you don't deserve them. I have loads of trees on my street and they're not destroying anything.
Your experience is not universal.
I assure you that the experience of not having your infrastructure destroyed by trees because you didn't build your infrastructure next to trees is absolutely universal. Having your infrastructure destroyed by trees because you put all your infrastructure in a fucking stupid place right next to a tree is also universal.
You do realize this entire conversation is about planting trees in urban areas, right?
And there's literally an industry built around removing tree roots from drain lines. You're lucky that your trees haven't fucked things up yet, but live in that house long enough and they will.
I'm not saying trees are bad, I'm saying trees are bad to plant next to streets and sidewalks because the root systems they grow cause significant damage. If you've never seen the impact of tree roots on roads and sidewalks, you need to pay more attention to your surroundings.
I live in an urban area, in a house slightly over 200 years old - I promise you the trees aren't going to suddenly cause a problem now.
I'm saying trees are bad to plant next to streets and sidewalks because the root systems they grow cause significant damage.
And i'm saying you're a fucking idiot who doesn't know anything, doesn't try the most basic techniques to build around the trees instead of on top of them, then starts crying about how the mean trees are destroying everything. Some 10 metres from my door a tree is growing directly out of the pavement and hasn't destroyed it because it was given plenty of embankment space to grow into instead.
Don't cry that I don't know what I'm saying just because you've never experienced properly built infrastructure.
Your reading comprehension really is bad.
The conversation is about PLANTING TREES, not building near them.
"erm smacktually the original context was fractionally different"
Shut up loser, all you've done is thrown out blind accusations that I live somewhere special and isolated because you can't imagine competently built infrastructure. Doesn't matter if you plant or build first, the infrastructure goes AROUND the plants, not UNDER them.
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Well good for you, but in many densely populated areas trees fuck these things up as well as destroy pavements and bike paths.
I live in a densely populated area. You are bad just really really bad at building things if you can't even make a pavement without getting in a tree's way.
lord Sauron used to say this, and everybody criticized him. Turns out he created jobs and it was correct. Fuck those trees.
Trees take years to grow and these can be rolled out everywhere.
Lord Sauron has educated us about trees. they are a nuisance and should be eliminated. Vote for the only person offering a battery economy now. And do not sleep on this amazing investment.
Screw that limited thinking, we're turning these things into skyscraper windows. Sure, your world will look green and murky, but you won't need blinds, and you'll get much needed oxygen into that dusty old cube farm you call "work".
Is your world too murky? Buy the ship maker 3000 for only $7400 each. It's got a light, and inside it contains the highly amazing substance called Brondo. Get it now while supplies last.
can we have both? trees are more natural to have around, but these looks cool af
We need these to replace trees, and everybody to eat gigantic meals out of a bucket. Don't hesitate this is the New World.
Faster setup, but also algae is way more efficient at generated oxygen and at cleaning the air, magnitudes more than trees are.
As in like combine harvester? What's wrong with a single old farmer with a sickle? Nothing. They're just far too slow.
I'm going to drink a gallon of this stuff, and never have to breathe again.
Fun fact: Some types of Algae like Chlorella are actually safe to eat and nutritious (they sell it dried as a nutritional supplement).
Everything is edible at least once
You can't sell a tree for $50,000.
Health care has elastic demand. Let's try to sell it as a health care device. new price $100,000.
Well if you asked what's wrong with tree... it's really uneffective in making oxygen :<
Here's some explanation by Be Smart https://youtu.be/DZ_T4zMBx6E
Fuck those trees. and windmills. bunch of communists.