News Solar trees

[Yoel Bromero]

Good. Now if they can come up with some fake lakes that clean themselves we're headed for a utopia.

 

[GSP_37]

Bums will likely assemble their tents and shopping carts around them and eventually steal the copper wiring for money.

 

[Texan6533]

I wouldn’t mind them mixed in with real trees, but most people crave nature and you can’t replace that with metal and silicone

 

[Plissken]

Solar mushrooms, imo.

 

[Milgrim]

We need real trees. They clean our air, provide habitat for wild life, and provide shade and a natural aesthetic. The ones in the OP are ugly as fuck.

Ya'll probably aren't going to like these either ...

 

[Kaybee]

imo if you don't think of them as trees and just canopies it is a much less stupid idea. If you live in a city then those dinky little trees on the sidewalk are doing fuck-all in the grand scheme of things, it isn't like these guys are replacing all of the trees in the rain forest and public parks with these things

 

[Plissken]

Ya'll probably aren't going to like these either ...

Almost looks like it says Shartflower on the inscription.

 

[HARRISON_3]

How can photosynthesis be real if our eyes aren't real?

 

[Milgrim]

Almost looks like it says Shartflower on the inscription.

Almost?

 

[TheNinja]

I really dont understand the hate.

Very clearly and as mentioned by the OP they are designed for use in built up areas where having live trees is impractical.

It's funny how many make up and then shoot down the idea of ripping up real trees just to replace them with these.

I can see them being useful in parking lots, train stations, busy city pedestrian areas.

I don't think they will ever become popular in places where the ground is actual soil.

This. We already have such things are shades over parking lots, canvas or metal canopies, Wooden structures over picnic tables, etc. This only difference with these is they are used for solar energy. Though honestly my guess is that that cost to build, wire, store the energy, and clean then isn't really going to be cost effective. and I wouldn't make them look like trees. That's just dumb.

 

[HeffDoesWant]

This. We already have such things are shades over parking lots, canvas or metal canopies, Wooden structures over picnic tables, etc. This only difference with these is they are used for solar energy. Though honestly my guess is that that cost to build, wire, store the energy, and clean then isn't really going to be cost effective. and I wouldn't make them look like trees. That's just dumb.

From a distance I think they would better and less monotonous then grids of panels.

 

[TheNinja]

From a distance I think they would better and less monotonous then grids of panels.

I wonder if the trees will have different patterns? On one hand that would probably be more expensive to mass produce. But it would definitely make it less monotonous. It would be cool if they were all different styles and heights maybe.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

We need real trees. They clean our air, provide habitat for wild life, and provide shade and a natural aesthetic. The ones in the OP are ugly as fuck.

Can’t we have both? I mean, I don’t think they’re proposing we cut down the entire Amazon and replace it with those.

 

[Osculater]

I hope the trees will have outlets so I can charge my devices

 

[Dan Torrance]

Birds can certainly nest in these trees.

well I guess they need to fix that.

 

[Dan Torrance]

Can’t we have both? I mean, I don’t think they’re proposing we cut down the entire Amazon and replace it with those.

No, we need to cut down the Amazon to plant soy... vegans got to eat.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

This is fine, only if don't cut trees down for them. But I'm all for this it will help with power efficiency and the environment.

 

[I Am Legion]

Can’t we have both? I mean, I don’t think they’re proposing we cut down the entire Amazon and replace it with those.

Sure, but TS was talking about all the negatives of trees not realizing we NEED them. They are filling whole parking lots here with Panels that provide shade for cars and protection from elements for the folks parking them. Way more surface area than these things. This just seems like a novelty.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Sure, but TS was talking about all the negatives of trees not realizing we NEED them. They are filling whole parking lots here with Panels that provide shade for cars and protection from elements for the folks parking them. Way more surface area than these things. This just seems like a novelty.

I guess. But I just thought it was a given that trees were important.