even from a straight up cost/benefit analysis (so not including like, biophilia and cultural value), there is no shot this algae aquarium even comes close to a tree. one of the biggest boons to stormwater management in cities is how green infrastructure (trees, plants, greenways) magnify the capacity of [extremely expensive to dig up/maintain/improve] grey infrastructure (drains, pipes, gutters, sewers) during rainfall events by slowing the movement of water.
that doesn’t even get into microclimate regulation and energy savings from cooling services like summer shade and the constant evapotranspiration happening, or the improvement of air quality by leaves filtering out particulate matter/byproducts of incomplete combustion. then there’s wind reduction/rerouting and noise abatement.
this is complete bullshit and i will fight whoever approved it in the parking lot.
We have made an incredible breakthrough in science! We have through great effort made something that is worse than a tree in every single way, is expensive to manufacture, can fail in far more ways than a tree, and requires greater maintenance than a tree!
No but see this won’t keep growing ugly roots that are ruining all our nice concrete.
:porky-happy: : we heard you wanted green spaces
Something something indirectly reducing carbon emissions with this one weird postal trick.
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