This is not a CityTree. This is not a habitat or a food source. This does not reduce noise pollution or run-off. This does not prevent soil erosion. This does not connect us with nature, nourishing our physical and mental health.
This is shameful. https://t.co/sr2gq3i6cn
— Paul Dalton (@Simplyplants) August 10, 2021
How dare you.
Yesterday.
Climate change ‘electric trees’ in Cork city.
Anyone?
Sponsored Link
I think that I will never see
A robot lovely as a tree
This post on the PROC says it best.
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Robot trees on the streets of Pana. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
https://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246878&page=7
Such a monumental waste of money.
What was the number again – something like 3k trees could have been bought and planted for the price of those 3 robo trees?
This is how it ends –
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/919/533/1c6.jpg
Paid for from a €55m National Transport Authority, so basically, we don’t want trees as it takes space from cars, here’s some cash to buy some tech shite to placate people
lol
my instant thought is there’s bound to be some Nepotism angle here
someone is getting major money for this
like evoting machines
farcical nonsense
‘lads i have a deadly idea – electric trees, only 50 large a pop’
‘who in their right mind would buy an electric tree when you can plant a shed load of real trees?’
‘the irish’
‘genius’
*clinks microdose cups*
my thoughts as well. Who is the beneficial owner of the company supplying these?
What’s going on in that photo; are they sprucing them up?
Cash for ash mebbee?
it’s chest nut like a real tree at all
soooook outdoor air filters ? Peak ridiculous, pretty sure real trees do that better
Not defending this, but no, these filter fine particulates, analog trees don’t do that. Analog!
This yokes have TV screens on them, will they be used for advertising I wonder.
Like the new ‘retro’ pay phones going up on Dublin’s streets?
Public Opinion: We don’t need street clutter or unused phone boxes as everyone has mobiles.
Dublin city authorities: Never mind, have a phone booth with a monochrome union jack, embossed crown symbol – and ADVERTISING.
Cui bono?
Good point Liam.
What? Seriously though, what?
Is this a joke? A REAL tree is FREE, does not require a plug and its, well, lovely.
#PeakEnviroStoopidity
‘What if I told you there was a single intervention we could deliver in our cities that would cool them during heatwaves, reduce flooding, scrub pollutants from the air, boost biodiversity, improve public health, and even reduce crime?’
https://twitter.com/jonburkeUK/status/1398286150243176452
Follow the money, someone will be making out like bandits here.
The Streaming Trees?
Stupid waste of money. Incentives to leave the car at home and a joined up plan for the reforestation of this sparsely populated island more like it.
the particulates are pretty bad though
I was under the impression that they’d be electrostatic precipitators, which would reef just about any kind of particle you’d like out of the air with a swift and brutal efficiency (98.8% at PM1), but they’re not. They’re big boxes full of moss. Along with a suite of sensors and systems to make sure the moss is OK. It’s 70 grand a pop for a big box full of moss. 30% efficiency at PM1.