Selfhosted

Enjoy the mosquitos

So, they left a bucket of water to stagnate next to a bus stop?

Why is this in self hosted?

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.

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.

'What's wrong with trees? They're taking up space for real estate development, stupid peasant."

@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.

this

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DZ_T4zMBx6E

ik its youtube, calm down your pitchforks

Devil's advocate:

These cost far less to maintain than having a team or two dedicated to upkeep for the trees.

That said, these things are a terrible idea, clearly the brainchild of clueless techbros, and overall a massive eyesore. Trees are objectively the better option. Just not Bradford Pear trees... Anything but the cum tree.

Because there's no serious answers being given even though there are at least 2:

• trees have roots, roots ruin any nearby human infrastructure. You'll note this says "in urban environments" and that there are trees nearby, so this is probably the big reason
• trees need maintenance, which costs money. this is a stupid reason imo, but it's one nonetheless
• algae is cool, ok?

A big problem with trees is roots, especially in cities with dense underground infrastructure. If there’s an actual way to produce the same amount of oxygen as a tree in a smaller space, I’m all for it. I’m honestly okay with how these look, assuming low maintenance.

How do I self host these? I tried docker run liquidtrees it didn't work

Trees don't make number go up.