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It gives people a false sense of connection. How much oxygen does a small tree produce, over what period of time, what species of tree? It's like someone sayi
by mc32 4y ago
It gives people a false sense of connection. How much oxygen does a small tree produce, over what period of time, what species of tree?
It's like someone saying, "hey I knew your cousin Dan". Nice, I have no idea of their relationship but they're trying to "break the ice" so to speak with an irrelevant tidbit.
- CyanBird 4y agoWell, that's the natural give and take when you need to address a global audience with unknown levels of background level knowledge on the topic, a tree is relatable and conveys a workable metric despite the values being unknown
- valarauko 4y agoI feel the goal of the comparison is to give people a quick heuristic, rather than a detailed breakdown. The article does say the device produces 6 grams of oxygen per hour. In there any species of tree that would be intimately known to a global anglophone audience?
- HPsquared 4y agoBonsai or giant sequoia?
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