Comment on Liquid Trees
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Alternative in what sense?
Pretty sure some cities have about zero areas for a tree to grow. Algae produces a much larger percentage of oxygen compared to any tree.
Pretty sure trees in cities aren’t there to produce oxygen or capture carbon.
Mostly they’re there either for decoration or to lower street temperature. Depending on how long ago they were planted.
Exactly
Trees do actually improve air quality, by absorbing harmful gases like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide through their leaves. Additionally they can reduce particulate pollution by up to 70% - bbc.com/…/20200504-which-trees-reduce-air-polluti…
I totally agree, and that’s not the oxygen production these tech bros want to make more efficient.
scala@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Pretty sure some cities have about zero areas for a tree to grow. Algae produces a much larger percentage of oxygen compared to any tree.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Pretty sure trees in cities aren’t there to produce oxygen or capture carbon.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Mostly they’re there either for decoration or to lower street temperature. Depending on how long ago they were planted.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Exactly
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Trees do actually improve air quality, by absorbing harmful gases like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide through their leaves. Additionally they can reduce particulate pollution by up to 70% - bbc.com/…/20200504-which-trees-reduce-air-polluti…
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I totally agree, and that’s not the oxygen production these tech bros want to make more efficient.