You see, trees get in the way when we want to put down more asphalt to make more room for cars. We need more lanes for cars to park in and more parking lots for cars to park in. The goal is to turn the city into a place devoid of anything but asphalt. Then with no access to dirt to grow food or water to keep them alive, the people will be 100% dependent on their capitalist overlords. Everyone wins.
Liquid Trees
Submitted 1 year ago by sundray@lemmus.org to science_memes@mander.xyz
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The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 1 year ago
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This just makes me think it’s an aquarium that needs to be cleaned.
epicstove@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
When I was visiting Europe, seeing all the trees so well integrated into urban areas was so nice.
Then we git our flight back to Toronto. Concrete jungle.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
People really like vandalizing trees, diseases exist, and they are less efficient carbon sinks
Like how we found it’s better to feed cattle seaweed than grass but nobody wants to
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Carbon sinks? Dude, people are planting trees in cities for the shade.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
There’s a quote about planting trees and not living to see their shade
I’m a bit more pessimistic of people
RQG@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Good thing people don’t like to vandalize glass.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Usually spray paint it rather than breaking it
loomy@lemy.lol 1 year ago
Trees arent liquid
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Green shit on your terrace, leaves fucking everywhere, looming threat of bird shit on your head, seeds everywhere, roots growing through everything, blocking the sun at every step, tough lessons in gravity for things kids climbing them, lot of damage when it’s stormy out.
But nah trees are great, really.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 year ago
blocking the sun at every step
That’s a feature. I don’t want to be grilled by the sun everywhere I go.
Great for local air quality, too.
PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh no, nature is getting in the way of…a civilization of bipedal animals that encroached on nature!
It’s abhorrent!!
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Gray shit everywhere, concrete fucking everywhere, looming threat of 2-ton steel death machines caving in your head, overheating everywhere, asphalt plowing through everything, soaking up the sun at every step, tough lessons in momentum for kids crossing them, lot of traffic and pollution when there are drivers out.
You could change half of your words, and keep the meaning the same, and make a compelling case that roads, or any other things, are humanity’s greatest scourge.
Go touch whatever remaining local flora people like you have allowed to continue to exist, and quit being an imbecilic bellend online.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
andybytes@programming.dev 1 year ago
“Why do you say this is stupid? You’re so negative.” Run of the mill conformist toxic optimist tech bro dildo
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 year ago
These algae also produce biogas that can be used for heating or producing electricity.
BottleCaptain@lemmy.pt 1 year ago
Damn if only trees created something gaseous that was useful
AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 1 year ago
They emit carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and oxygen, which causes rust in metals and aging in humans. So it’s a negative really…
very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What happens when one of these breaks and drains into the sewer system? Algae blooms cause noxious odors and would proliferate quickly in the nitrogen-rich environment of human waste water, potentially building up as clogs in the sewer lines. And if the system drains into a natural body of water, the algae can have devastating toxic effects on the natural wildlife. If it doesn’t drain and instead gets recycled, then the water treatment process becomes much more difficult and expensive.
veggibles@lemmy.wtf 1 year ago
Back when I was a kid, trees still lived under water.
FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I would support legislation that mandated these be used around the highest carbon emitting facilities. Maybe a few very well designed structures (algae tanks) in very densely populated cities.
These would be in no way a replacement for trees in a community but, I could see forcing the corporations to use them. Such as those that must pollute because, they can not manufacture these products without polluting.
WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 1 year ago
“What’s wrong with trees” ask people who have never had an allergy or thought about what roots do to all those nice expensive foundations
Szewek@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I guess it would take a lot of time to accommodate Mars for trees. More than for algae ;)
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Can’t they just put the algae in the ocean?
NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
If we put the algae in the oceans, then sink all of our cities underwater, all of our problems will be solved.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
There are algae in the ocean. The problem with ocean algae is not that they aren’t there, but that their requirements (sunlight, oxygen, acidity, temperature, etc.) prevent them from expanding any further.
wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The problem with trees is they are used as lumber. The national parks has always been protected. But Trump has unprotected parts of the national parks to be cut down for lumber.
DimFisher@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Keep in mind that tree roots can brake through anything
ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Not all do. That’s an oak thing really. Pines, most stone fruits, etc, take a path of least resistance, unlike oaks which are more “I am going that way, and NOTHING will stop me!”
pyre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
even your trees will be slop. nice.
Redredme@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can we please, stop reposting this same shit pic for the last, I dunno, year?
This is the gazillionth time. I get it. Is a stupid algea tank. where a simple tree does the same for a fraction of the cost. It’s of no use in the public space except as a tech demo or art object.
So. Yeah… Next?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is only the second time I’ve seen it, but please… there was a time when complaining about reposts was the most often repeated thing I saw on reddit. Can we not have that bit of irony become a thing here?
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Alternative in what sense?
scala@lemmy.ml 1 year 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 1 year ago
Pretty sure trees in cities aren’t there to produce oxygen or capture carbon.
Etterra@discuss.online 1 year ago
Trees won’t get some tech bros bought out by Google.
matlag@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The issue with trees is you need to adapt the city to them, you can’t adapt them to the city. And people have proven once and again that they would invent anything to not move by an inch when our way of life is put in question.
So we push forward with absurd solutions one after the other: carbon capture, atmospheric geo-engineering, a damned nuke in antarctica, and now “liquid trees”.
Because the alternative is to change our ways, and we can’t face that.
nailbar@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Deja Vu
Steve@startrek.website 11 months ago
Nothing to manufacture, very little maintenance. Trees took our jerbs.
SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Your just thinking outside the box!
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
If it’s actually more efficient then trees, could be a good idea. Saw a 51/49 video where he explained the urban development in the US requiring only male trees be planted leads to increased pollen levels and has made the “allergy season” 30+ days longer over the past 50 years or so.
phx@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I still want the trees outdoors, but this would be cool for indoor spaces. Each mall or parking lot could have a solar panel overhead and slime-tanks to produce useful byproducts.
Maybe it could be mixed with and aquaculture like fish and sea plants to create cool scenery
korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
While I would hate to lose actual trees, I’m medium on the idea of this on it’s own. People need lots of things and space, which causes the removal of trees. If we can replicate some of their functions, such as CO2 absorption with this tech, then that seems good. If upkeep is the same as a tree, I don’t see a downside to the overall concept.
My thought would be that this shows up on top of the buildings instead of at ground level, though… Plant real trees and put these on the roof. The real loss would be if we stop making green spaces because these things meet the need for O2. Green spaces in cities do way more than just clean the air, though, so I’m not sure we’re that dystopian yet.
The photo looks like it doubles as a bench too, so maybe that helps justify its footprint. Make them a mini-light show with varied colors and it can become a functional art installation. How long until it has spikes to prevent someone from taking a nap on it, though?
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Yeah completely agree, I like trees and don’t want them completely gone or anything.