Of all the things scientists could be doing right now and they decide to do this?? Plant more trees and punish those whom seriously poison the rivers and seas globally so more algae can bloom to naturally benefit our home planet Complete fools they must be 🤦
Like I get the argument for trees having benefits beyond this line shade and transpiration cooling the area under them, but I think these look really cool honestly
This isn't as bad as you might think - it was invented by some engineers in Serbia because in Belgrade there are some streets where everything is so close together, there is no space for trees
Imagine people in the sweltering heat, with no shade in sight, thinking "At least we have the liquid trees for a bit of oxygen."
IIRC John Brunner included these in "Stand On Zanzibar", in 1968. And yes, that was as part of a dystopia...
Birds must be overjoyed!
Microalgae are 10 to 50 times more efficient than trees in binding CO2. ..equivalent to the CO2-binding capacity of two 10-year-old trees or 200 square meters of lawn. The goal of the liquid tree, however, is not to replace forests but to fill urban pockets where there is no space for planting trees
Mmm. Embodied energy analysis?
looks suspiciously like Glen from the Bad Place after he got blasted into goo
You can't get a unicorn ($1bn+) valuation for a tree planting startup, but you might for an algae-based carbon sequestration one. When it comes to mitigating climate change, the incentives predetermine the outcomes.