h a l f b a k e r yI like this idea, only I think it should be run by the government.
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Trees are an essential part of urban landscaping. The presence of trees makes an urban view look well maintained and lush. The problem: scrawny little trees die easy in the city. Building and paving next to big established trees tends to croak them too. What is a municipaltiy to do?
I have been
impressed by the cell phone towers disguised as trees. Recently I spotten two very passable redwoods, distinguishable as fake only because of their many dishes and gray boxes nestled among the needles, and the fact that they were in a desert. Why should these awesome artifices be reserved only for cell phone tower use? I propose that grand, fake trees be liberally placed in the urban landscape, achieving the density of a mature forest.
Benefits:
1: Shade
2: Increase psychic vigor of citizens.
3: Low maintenance costs.
4: Durability.
5: City themes: recreate the forest that once occupied the site of your city. Possibly in Jurrasic times? Or adopt a tree and with it a theme: Brookings, South Dakota - Baobab City USA!
Ah... yes. LampTree.
LampTree
[21 Quest, Feb 16 2009]
Cell Phone Tower Redwood
http://www.jointven...eecellsiteSmall.jpg
You're right... not bad. [paix120, Feb 19 2009]
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What in hell is "psychic vigor"? It sounds like something men wish women would have. ;-) |
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I'm bunning this only for the use of the word "spotten". The
pre-conjunctive past-participle subjudicative doesn't get a
lot of exposure. |
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[-] I'm boning this because of the word "artificial"... not that it's spelled wrong, it's just a stupid idea: you want "artificial" trees, make them man-designed: flourescent colours, precise fractal designs, etc. |
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Either that or holding tanks for rainwater, fed to real trees. |
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Bung, I seem to remember another idea, posted quite a while back, which involved disguising streetlamps as trees. This would seem to infringe upon that idea's sovereignty. I'll withhold my vote until I find it though, just to be sure. Halfbaked or not, it's a good idea! |
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Edit: Actually, I'm bunning this, because I just realized that this idea doesn't require messing with the lights, which was why I boned that idea. Sorry! + |
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Sub-Edit: Found the idea I was thinking of. That one involved real trees and running live wires through them... I still can't think of anything positive about that idea. Sorry for getting it mixed up with yours. |
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Could the //psychic vigor// be a slightly higher oxygen density you wouldn't get around these trees ? Leaves aren't so much of a hassle (and add to the psychic oneness you feel with a tree), so why not bioengineer some real almost rootless trees that fit into a tubular base ? |
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Whatever "Psychic vigor" may be, I'm convinced that it requires real trees before the populace can see any increases in it. Indeed, I suspect that the claims of mental retardation being caused by microwave towers are at least in part due to their complicity with the replacement of real trees. |
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In fact, I'll be posting my OWN idea in contestation to yours. |
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/ The pre-conjunctive past-participle subjudicative doesn't get a lot of exposure./ |
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This is a case of better lucky than good. |
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What's a microwave tower? That sounds like some sort of RTS game building. |
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You forgot one more benefit (that may also be a detractor depending on the city) - birds can nest in them. |
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I wonder what the longevity and wear & tear is on these? |
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Aren't urban forests artificial, by definition? Anyway, real trees would give the squirrels and greenie rent-a-rabble somewhere to sleep. |
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//pre-conjunctive past-participle subjudicative// |
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Urban forestry is a great idea, which ought be pursued with all psychic and other vigour. |
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This isn't, and oughtn't [-] |
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