They seem to be focusing on CO2. Trees in cities are going to capture a negligible amount of CO2 and for relatively high cost versus doing things outside a city. The point of trees in cities is shade and looking nice (good for mental health). Liquid trees solve neither of those.
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Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 22 hours ago
While I don’t want to spoil the joke (but I will) and I hate techno-optimist solutions that displace actual solutions for our biosphere: supposedly, Belgrade is such a dense concrete hell that trees aren’t viable solution (at least in the short term).
There is some rumbling that liquid trees are not the solution to the real problems caused by large-scale deforestation, nor does it reduce erosion or enrich the soil. However, much of this wrath is misplaced as Liquid tree designers say that it was not made as a replacement for trees but was designed to work in areas where growing trees would be non-viable. Initiatives like Trillion Trees are laudable, but there is something to be said for the true utility of this tiny bioreactor. The fact that they can capture useful amounts of carbon dioxide from day one is another benefit for them. Such bioreactors are expected to become widespread in urban areas around the world as the planet battles rising carbon levels in the atmosphere.
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
blackbrook@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
And ameliorating the heat island effect.
But mainly quality of life.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
And for people who think that the trillion tree idea is anything else than just the oil lobby running with a feel good solution, I have a great podcast episode for you
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 20 hours ago
Spotify doesn’t work on my phone. Care to link the podcast page on a platform not trying to corner the market?
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 14 hours ago
Much obliged.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I listen to it on apple podcasts if that helps
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
How, if I can’t find out which podcast it is?
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Also, trees are surprisingly difficult to keep alive if they were artificially introduced to a location. Turns out they don’t thrive in a concrete hellscape super well.
tostiman@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
So maybe they can be used in regions that are too hot for trees, like desert cities