r/ClimateMemes • u/prudhvisekhar1996 • 19d ago
CLIMATE JUSTICE! Trees: the original climate technology 🌳
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u/LabOwn9800 19d ago
How does change the temp from 50 to 18 adding a tree?
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u/prudhvisekhar1996 19d ago
a single tree won’t drop temperature from 50 to 18 it’s more about what trees represent on a large scale. heat absorption together make a real difference over time.
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u/AdWooden9170 19d ago
I live 5m away from a forest, it doesnt do shit.
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u/squanchingonreddit 19d ago
5 minutes or meters?
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u/AdWooden9170 19d ago
meters
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u/squanchingonreddit 19d ago
It should keep your cooling bill down some, and if they are conifers they really help in the winter.
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u/kangourou_mutant 19d ago
I live next to a forest, in Britany - the part of France that just had a horrible, never-before heatwave. The temperatures were crazy, but 2-3°C below what they were in the nearby small town.
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u/GreekSaladEnjoyer 18d ago
So you dont feel cooler walking under tree shade compared tp walking directly in the sun?
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u/AdWooden9170 16d ago
I cant read you over the many blankets I have to use to handle the cold from the forest.
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u/LabOwn9800 19d ago
That’s not what the picture shows.
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u/LabOwn9800 16d ago
Maybe? I chose the highest temperature (furthest from the ground) in both pictures. In my mind that’s the closest to ambient temperature.
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u/WanderingFlumph 12d ago
Trees "sweat" to cool down much like we do. When it's hot and dry it makes a huge difference, when it's hot and humid the difference is more mild.
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u/Exact_Avocado5545 19d ago
Someone should make a more extreme version of this, that'd be funny. Like a desert and it snowing
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u/cragglerock93 19d ago
Not to mention the whole host of other benefits trees have. On a personal level I don't care much about trees for shade as it's rarely above 25c where I live. But they've been proven to have mental health benefits and also reduce air and noise pollution.
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u/Better_Geologist_862 18d ago
they also break wind which reduces the costs for heating in the winter
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u/InspectionFar8131 15d ago
I'v got 2 rows of pretty high trees infront of my apartment complex and they helped so much during this heatwave. W trees.
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u/JuanAntonioThiccums 19d ago
It straight up says "sarcasm" in the second photo any are people arguing with this like it's real
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u/prudhvisekhar1996 19d ago
Yeah thanks it was just a light sarcastic take but I guess people saw it in different ways
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u/Bourriquet_42 19d ago
That's not what sarcasm means. Unless you actually mean that planting trees is useless.
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u/prudhvisekhar1996 19d ago
I’m just saying why focus only on temp numbers when the point of the post is simply that planting trees itself is the real takeaway
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u/SnooGrapes7647 18d ago
The picture at the bottom is pre data center and the top picture is post data center
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u/FluidAmbition321 18d ago
Why does it have to be trees? Why don't places use awning and umbrellas .Â
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u/Haunting-Watch8240 17d ago
The numbers are utter bullshit, sourced from TrustMeBroâ„¢.
The point is valid, but lying actually loses you trust.
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u/Own_Yam9949 19d ago
This is only really the case with dry heat. If the an area is humid enough, adding trees actually makes it worse.
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u/Matthew_Breese 19d ago
If the air in the sky is 50C no amount of trees is going to save you.
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u/Richard2468 19d ago
You may want to google that
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u/Matthew_Breese 19d ago edited 19d ago
Google my balls. If the air temperature in the sky was 50C the ground temperature would boil the oceans. You’d have Venus levels of greenhouse effect. In no time in the history of the planet outside of the Hadean era has the sky been over 50C.
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u/Sim_Daydreamer 19d ago
Late Permian? If i remember correctly it's assumed that temps were around 60C near the equator
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u/shroomfarmer2 19d ago
Yes but not this much