The most dystopian thing I've seen... Fuck, idk, it's all pretty dystopian these days, I've lost count
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Yeah, those are going to last at -40F/-40C nights we often experience where I live. Nor do I see them being able to add any cool relief from their shade on a hot day.
That said, it is hard to grow healthy trees in the poisoned soils of a big city. They tend to struggle and be sickly when choked by concrete and asphalt.
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at least give it some shape that is not an eye sore to start with
So I appreciate some outside the box thinking. But this just reeks of techbros invent trees but worse. Most of the considerations below seem to think trees and cars are natural enemies, I would argue we reduce cars instead.
Liquid Trees! Slam it down fast!
Trees don't make number go up.
Don't you want to subscribe to our Tree Ultimate program, that will give you a limited access to a living tree for 199.99 a month or 1999 a year?
pm2 restart liquidtrees
The only liquid trees I approve of are the kinds that come in a 510 threaded cart and you smoke.
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'What's wrong with trees? They're taking up space for real estate development, stupid peasant."
Enjoy the mosquitos
So, they left a bucket of water to stagnate next to a bus stop?
My neighbor's pool is looking like a liquid tree, nobody's writing articles about him.
I’m only conjecturing, but there may be cities where planting trees isn’t feasible due to density of the city and the surrounding infrastructure. It may be cheaper to use these in place of trees, though I admit I know nothing about what’s pictured.
I like the innovation this, it could lead to another and better idea.
Also what are the chance that once they're deployed, somebody run into one on the first day? Pretty good I bet.
pro que no los dos?
This is like 15 years out of date.
@ECEC
Any city manager could tell you everything wrong with having trees downtown.
* Birds get into them and when they're nesting, they attack anybody walking by
*Birds also shit on the cars parked under them, and most drivers look for shade to park under
*Bugs get into them and attract birds when birds aren't nesting
*Trees drop sap, which also ruins a car's finish
*city workers have to spend time on the clock keeping the leaves picked up off the ground
Yeah, the drawback is that the algae don't provide shade.
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