Comment on Liquid Trees

• quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Pretty sure trees in cities aren’t there to produce oxygen or capture carbon.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Mostly they’re there either for decoration or to lower street temperature. Depending on how long ago they were planted.

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    • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exactly

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  • MouldyCat@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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…

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    • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I totally agree, and that’s not the oxygen production these tech bros want to make more efficient.

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